Ballygunner ( ga, Baile Gunnair), is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

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. It lies on the southern outskirts of

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city. The placename is derived, in part, from the

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masculine personal name ''Gunnarr''. Ballygunner contains several

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

s: Ballygunner Mhór,

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, Ballinakill, Grantstown, Williamstown and Ballinamuncha. Main facilities in the parish are the local hurling club

Ballygunner GAA Ballygunner GAA (nicknamed "The Gunners") is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located in the parish of St Mary's Ballygunner in Waterford City, Ireland. The are the current All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship title holders. T ...

, the adjacent St. Mary's National School and the 19th/29th Waterford St Mary's Ballygunner Scout Group.

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