Ballyneety () is a village in
County Limerick
"Remember Limerick"
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,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, located approximately 10 km from
Limerick city
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
.
The village has an 18-hole golf course, petrol station, multiple takeaway restaurants, a pub, a post office, a garden centre, a car dealership, a credit union, a
Garda station, and a funeral home.
Local resident
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Dermot O'Hurley
Dermot O'Hurley (c. 1530 – 19 or 20 June 1584)—also ''Dermod or Dermond O'Hurley'': ga, Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile—was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I, who was put to death for treason. He ...
(c.1530 - 20 June 1584), one of the most celebrated of the 24
Irish Catholic Martyrs
Irish Catholic Martyrs () were 24 Irish men and women who have been beatified or canonized for dying for their Catholic faith between 1537 and 1681 in Ireland. The canonisation of Oliver Plunkett in 1975 brought an awareness of the others who d ...
. While born into the
Gaelic nobility of Ireland at or near
Emly
Emly or Emlybeg () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
It is situated on the R515 ...
, the future Archbishop of Cashel was raised at Lickadoon Castle, near Ballyneety,
[ Edited by Patrick J. Cornish and Benignus Millet (2005), ''The Irish Martyrs'', Four Courts Press, Dublin. Page 66.] where he was educated by tutors and then sent to
Flemish Brabant to study at the
University of Leuven.
See also
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Siege of Limerick (1690)#Sarsfield's raid at Ballyneety
References
External links
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Towns and villages in County Limerick