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Ballynahaglish

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"BALLYNAHAGLISH, a parish, in the barony of TRUGENACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER 5½ miles (W.) from Tralee; containing 2,883 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the bay of Tralee, and comprises 2,875 statute acres, as applotted in the tithe acts.
The village of Taulert, or Chapeltown, lies on the south-eastern shore of the creek or harbour of Barra, and is partly inhabited by fishermen. On account of the fine bathing strand in Tralee bay, and a chalybeate spring of great power on the border of the parish and adjoining Clogherbrien, it is much frequented during the summer by visiters from Tralee and other places, for whose accommodation some neat bathing lodges have been erected."

[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis (1837)]

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Census

Note: The Civil Parish of Ballynahaglish ceased to be used for census purposes in the mid nineteenth century when District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) were introduced.

Ballynahaglish comprises a single DED.

The 1901 and 1911 censuses have been digitised and made available online by the National Archives of Ireland.

  • The 1901 Census for County Kerry can be browsed from this link.
  • The 1911 Census for County Kerry can be browsed from this link.
  • The censuses can be searched from this page.
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Church History

The ancient parish church stood in Church Hill Burial Ground, and the both the parish and church are sometimes referred to as 'Church Hill' or 'Churchill' in records.

Following the Reformation, the church passed to the Established Church, later the Church of Ireland. It was rebuilt in the 1690s. On the death of the incumbent priest in 1877, Ballynahaglish became part of Tralee Union of Parishes. The church was closed in 1894, and is in now in ruins.

In the Roman Catholic Church Ballynahaglish was united with Fenit to form what is now called the Parish of Spa. A thatched church near the old graveyard, dating from about 1802, was replaced by the present Church of the Purification in 1859. The web page for the Parish of Spa is here.

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Civil Registration

From 1863 Ballynahaglish was part of the Tralee Superintendant Registrar's District, and the Tralee No.2 Registrar's District. See the Registration Districts page.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Ballynahaglish contained the townlands of:

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference Q7602716719 (Lat/Lon: 52.288615, -9.817587), Ballynahaglish which are provided by: