Ballinagh, officially Bellananagh (), is a village in
County Cavan,
Ireland
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. It lies on the
N55 midlands route.
Buildings of note
Ballinagh Market House is a five-bay two-storey building constructed in 1821; it is currently in use as a store house. It was designed by Arthur McClean who also designed the market houses at nearby
Ballyjamesduff
Ballyjamesduff () is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. A former market town, it was the winner of the 1966 and 1967 Irish Tidy Towns Competition.
History
The first mention of Ballyjamesduff is found in The Registry of Deeds, Kings Inns, Henrie ...
and at
Balbriggan in north County Dublin.
Transport
Local Link Cavan Monaghan Route C2 links the village with
Cavan and
Cavan General Hospital
Cavan General Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ginearálta an Chabháin) is a public hospital located in Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland. It is managed by RCSI Hospitals.
History
The hospital was officially opened by Rory O'Hanlon, Minister for Health, i ...
eight times daily Monday to Thursday, eleven times daily Friday and Saturday, and five times daily on Sunday.
Ballinagh is also served by various
Bus Éireann routes. Route 111A serves Ballinagh four times daily Monday to Saturday, and once daily on Sunday, linking it to
Cavan as well as to
Granard
Granard () is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to AD 236. It is situated just south of the boundary between the watersheds of the Shannon and the Erne, at the point where the N55 nation ...
,
Castlepollard
Castlepollard ( or ''Cionn Toirc'') is a village in north County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland. It lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar.
Name
The name ''Castlepollard'' comes from the name of a castle or ...
and
Delvin
Delvin () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland; it is located on the N52 road at a junction with the N51 to Navan. The town is from Mullingar (along the N52).
The word Delvin comes from Delbhna. That tribe settled in what is present-d ...
, with onward connections in Delvin to Route 111 for
Athboy
Athboy () is a small agricultural town located in County Meath. The town is located on the ''Yellow Ford River'', in wooded country near the County Westmeath border. Local Clubs are Clann Na nGael and Athboy Celtic.
History
In medieval time ...
,
Trim and
Dublin
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. Route 466 provides several daily journeys to
Athlone. Route 65 provides a once daily service Monday to Saturday to
Longford and
Athlone, as well as
Cavan,
Clones
Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to:
Places
* Clones, County Fermanagh
* Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland
Biology
* Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathologi ...
and
Monaghan
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony.
The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...
, with onward connections in Monaghan to
Ulsterbus Route 271 for
Armagh and
Belfast
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; in addition to a once daily service to
Cavan as well as to
Longford and
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...
on Friday and Sunday. Route 465 provides a once weekly service on Tuesdays to
Cavan as well as Losset,
Arvagh,
Killeshandra,
Ballyconnell and
Carrigallen.
Sport
Ballinagh GAA
Ballinagh is a Gaelic football club based in Ballinagh, County Cavan, Ireland.
History
The club was founded in 1888. The club reached the final of the Senior Championship in 1961 and 1986, but came up short on both occasions.
After winning t ...
is the local
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
club.
In 2007, Ballinagh won the Ulster Intermediate Football Championship, becoming the first Cavan club side to ever win a provincial title. In 2013, the club won the
Cavan Senior Football Championship for the first in their 125-year history.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
*
Market Houses in Ireland
References
{{County Cavan
Towns and villages in County Cavan