Ballinkillin
| Ballinkillen Irish: Baile an Chillín | |
| County Carlow | |
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 Ballinkillin Church | |
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| Grid reference: | S725557 |
| Location: | 52°38’53"N, 6°55’43"W |
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Ballinkillin is a small village between Borris and Bagenalstown in County Carlow. The village itself has just 20 homes and about 74 people. It includes a national school, a local shop (Tim's Shop), a hurling pitch (Mc Donnell Park) and two housing estates, one of which is a new housing estate called "Schoolhouse Gate".
The name of the place, also spelled 'Ballinkillen', is from the Irish Baile an Chillín[1] meaning 'settlement of the cillín'.
Churches
- Roman Catholic: St Lazerian. It has is a beautiful stained glass window by Wilson of Youghal to his honour in the church, which has been followed by other windows donated to the church. The church was built about 1793. It is likely it was a "barn church". It survived plunder in the 1798 Rebellion as it was then thatched and looked like a farm building.
Ancient Ireland
A fine example of stone art can be found at the O'Gormans; the marked stone is part of the gate to Ballinkillin Lodge. In addition, in 1984 a "cist" grave was uncovered by Shea Power whilst ploughing on Doran's land. It consisted of a 2 x 1 .5 ft shallow chamber with a cap stone, containing two earthenware urns with human bones and grain.
Sport
- Gaelic Athletics: Ballinkillin GAA, including a hurling club and a football club.