Ballyhahill Baile Dhá Thuile orBaile Uí Sháithil | |
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Village | |
  Ballyhahill Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°33′35″N9°11′38″W / 52.5598°N 9.1938°W /52.5598; -9.1938 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Population | 146 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R191460 |
Ballyhahill (Irish:Baile Dhá Thuile orBaile Uí Sháithil)[2] is a village andtownland inCounty Limerick, Ireland. As of the2016 census, the village had a population of 146 people.[1] It is 40 km west ofLimerick city. TheWhite River flows to the east of the village.[3][4]
According to thePlacenames Database of Ireland, twoIrish language derivations of the village name are proposed:Baile Dhá Thuile ("town of two floods") orBaile Uí Sháithil ("town of Ó Sáithil").[2] The former (Baile Dhá Thuile) has official recognition and appears on road signage around Ballyhahill.
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number ofringfort sites in the townland of Ballyhahill and the neighbouring townlands of Mohernagh and Finnoo.[5] ACarnegie library was built in Ballyhahillc. 1907.[6] The localnational (primary) school,Scoil Naomh Mhuire, was built in 1959.[7] As of 2017, the school had 39 pupils enrolled.[8]
town of two floods / Baile Dhá Thuile is the official Irish form since 1969, but according to the historical evidence it should be Baile Uí Sháithil, 'the town of Ó Sáithil'
the White River between Gortadroma and Ballyhahill in Co Limerick
Scoil Naomh Mhuire is a co-educational, primary school [..] located in the village of Ballyhahill [..] At the time of the evaluation, there were 39 pupils enrolled
