Ballywilliam
| Ballywilliam Irish: Baile Liam | |
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pub in Ballywilliam | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S772336 |
| Location: | 52°26’55"N, 6°51’54"W |
| Data | |
| Dialling code: | 051 |
| Local Government | |
Ballywilliam is a village in the west of County Wexford. The nearest town is New Ross, five miles to the south-west. The village sits on the R731 road.
Today, the village contains an agricultural cooperative, two pubs, and a Garda Station.
The name, historically also Ballyliam, is from the Irish Baile Liam, meaning 'Liam's settlement'.[1]
History
The village once had its own railway station, which was closed in 1963. Ballywilliam Railway Station was the first railway station in County Wexford. It opened in 1862.[2]
Ballywilliam Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks was burned during the Irish War of Independence, on 5 April 1920.
Sport
- Football: Shelburne United AFC
References
- ↑ Baile Liam / Ballywilliam: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ "Irish Railway Stations". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf.