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Ballinskelligs, officially Шаблон:Lang (Irish for "town (townland) of the craggy rock"),[1][2] is a townland in the civil parish of Prior, County Kerry, Ireland. It may also refer to the wider district around the townland.[3] It is located in the south-west of the Iveragh peninsula (Uíbh Ráthach) and is within the Gaeltacht. According to the 2016 census about 10% of the population of the electoral division speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[4] The townland was in the Poor law union of Cahersiveen.

The rock(s) referred to in the area’s Irish name are the Skellig IslandsSkellig Michael and Little Skellig—an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast from Ballinskelligs. The town is also the site of a beach.[5]

Ballinskelligs was the termination site of an early transatlantic telegraph cable laid in 1875 from Tor Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada—a distance of Шаблон:Convert.[6]

Notable features

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Ruins of Ballinskelligs Castle

Ballinskelligs Castle is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion.[7][8] The castle was constructed by the MacCarthy Mór dynasty in the 16th century to protect the bay from pirates, and possibly in order to charge a tariff on incoming trade vessels.[7]

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Ballinskelligs Priory

Ballinskelligs Priory was an Arrouaisian house of Augustinian canons.[9]

Within Ballinskelligs are the two parts of the Cill Rialaig project, the Artist Retreat in the former village of Cill Rialaig, and the Arts Centre in the village of Dun Geagan. The project is led since foundation in 1991 by local resident Noelle Campbell-Sharp of Canuig House.Шаблон:Fact

See also

References

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  1. Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. Deidre Flanagan et al.: Irish Place Names, Gill & Macmillan, 1994, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 172
  3. Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Lord Killanin and Michael V. Duignan: The Shell Guide to Ireland, Ebury Press, London 1967, p. 86
  6. Шаблон:Cite web
  7. 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  8. Шаблон:Cite web
  9. Шаблон:Cite web