Ballyboughal (), also sometimes Ballyboghil, is a village and district in central

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within the historic

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, near the Naul. The name means ''the town of the staff'', and a major relic, the

Bachal Isu The Bachal Isu (from Latin ''baculus Iesu'', "Staff of Jesus") was a Christian relic. According to legend, St. Patrick brought his celebrated golden Crozier, which was consistently identified with the Staff Of Jesus, along with his Book of Gosp ...

, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church,

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. It is 4.4 km from Oldtown. There was a monastery in Ballyboughal sometime before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans. In addition to the Church of the Assumption, erected in 1836, and which is a

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for the parish of Naul the medieval church still stands in ruins in the Old Ballyboughal Burial Ground north of the centre of the settlement. It is the place where the Bachal Isu was kept. All the walls stand without the roof, and the building, which has some grave markers on the inside, is divided into a nave and chancel with doors on the north and south sides. The west gable has a triple bellcote, and the east gable has an arched window (without glass) dating from the fourteenth century. The Ballyboghil or Ballyboughal River flows eastward through the centre of the settlement. It has its source at Tobergregan, south of

Garristown Garristown () is a village in north-west Fingal, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Balrothery West.Rogerstown Estuary Rogerstown Estuary () is a sea inlet and estuary in Ireland. It is situated just north of the Donabate-Portrane peninsula, and also south of Rush, on Ireland's east coast about north of Dublin. It is a designated nature reserve, Special Area ...

. There is a private family-run airfield, Ballyboughal Airfield,Also known (Google Maps) as Balheary Flying Field. Lying within the Dublin Control Zone, this grass-strip facility holds a small number of historical aircraft, and has occasional educational activities, as well as hosting meetings of Balheary model aircraft flying club. ICAO code EIBB, near the village. There is a

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Club, Ballyboughal GFC, which was founded in 1935 as Ballyboughal Rangers, but the name was changed to the current one when they merged with Fingal Ravens in 1940–41. Hollywood Lakes Golf Club is situated close the village.

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{{Dublin residential areas Towns and villages in Fingal Civil parishes of the barony of Balrothery West

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