Balally
Balally
Baile Amhlaoibh | |
|---|---|
Suburb ofDublin | |
  Balally Location in Dublin | |
| Coordinates:53°16′48″N6°13′55″W/ 53.280°N 6.232°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17 km2(7 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
Balally(Irish:Baile Amhlaoibh,meaning 'Olafs' Town'),[1]County Dublin,Ireland,is atownlandand residential area betweenDundrumvillage and the Sandyford Industrial Estate inSandyford.
Balally Parish itself reaches fromArdglasto theM50motorway. The area is served by two primary schools (St. Olaf's National School and Queen of Angels) and two secondary schools (St. Tiernan's andWesley College). Balally is part of theconurbationofGreater Dublin,in the council area ofDún Laoghaire–Rathdown.The area contains aLuastram station, located near the southern entrance to the newDundrum Town Centre.
Name and location
[edit]Balally townland is in thecivil parishof Taney in thebarony of Rathdown.[1][2]The townland's Irish name,Baile Amhlaoibh,derives from a reputed association with Olaf (Amhlaoibhor "Olave" ), the first king of Viking Dublin, who reputedly built a fort in the area.[3]Baile Amhlaoibh,meaning "the town of Olaf", was anglicised asBalally.[citation needed]
The first recorded building in the area is from a record of 1280 when John de Walhope was granted 7 oak trees from the royal forest atGlencreeto build a house.[4]A later castle, built by William Walsh after 1407, was constructed on or near the site of this house.[5][3]
Balally is located at the foot of theWicklow Mountainsand was originally farmland. It now includes several residential streets, including Balally Drive, Balally Hill, Balally Grove, Balally Close, Balally Park, Balally Avenue, Balally Road, and Sandyford Road. It is connected to Sandyford Road at Balally Hill.[citation needed]
Amenities
[edit]The local primary school, St. Olaf's National School,[6]had an enrollment of more than 480 pupils as of 2018.[7]The Church of the Ascension of the Lord, the localRoman Catholicchurch, was built in October 1982.[8]
Balally Residents Association has been in existence since 1964.[9]
Transport
[edit]Balally is served by bus route numbers 44, 44B and 116. The 44 travels on to Enniskerry in the south and Larkhill to the north and runs seven days a week. The 44B service operates on weekdays between Dundrum and Glencullen. The 116 also serves the area, as do routes S8 and L25, which have replaced the former 75 since 26 November 2023.[citation needed]
Balally Luas stopis a stop on theLuaslight rail system'sgreen line.It connects the suburb toBrides Glen stopin the south and the city centre andBroombridge stationin the North.
Some proposals for the Dublin Metro, also known asMetrolink,proposed a station alongside Ballaly's Luas stop on its way from Swords toSandyford.[10]However, as of February 2019, it was questioned whether this section of the line would be completed as originally proposed.[11]
Sport
[edit]Naomh Olafis the localGaelic Athletic Associationclub and Balally Celtic is the localassociation footballclub.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Baile Amhlaoibh / Balally".logainm.ie.Placenames Database of Ireland.Retrieved16 April2022.
- ^"Balally Townland, Co. Dublin".townlands.ie.Retrieved16 April2022.
- ^abBall, E.F. (1900). "Proceedings".Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.10(2): 191–192.JSTOR25507063.
Balally, a name [..] of Danish origin, derived from the words Bally Amalghaidh, the town of Olave, was granted towards the close of the thirteenth century to John de Walhope, who built a house on it with wood procured from the royal forest [..] It subsequently came into the possession of [..] the Walshe family [..and..] A castle was built
- ^"Balally Cottages Architectural Conservation Area"(PDF).Retrieved25 October2022.
- ^Stout, Geraldine (25 April 2012),DU022-024 - Castle (tower house) - Balally,Archaeological Survey of Ireland,
Balally Castle was built by William Walsh some time after 1407 when in a grant from the crown it was conditioned that a castle be built on the lands at Balally (Ball 1903, II, 73-74). This may have replaced a wooden dwelling built by John de Walhope in the late 13th-century (Ball 1900, 191)
- ^"St. Olaf's National SchoolSt. Olaf's National School".homepage.eircom.net.Archivedfrom the original on 21 February 2014.Retrieved24 December2021.
- ^"Curriculum Evaluation - Report - St Olaf's National School".gov.ie.Department of Education. 20 February 2018.Retrieved16 April2022.
- ^"History".Balally Parish.Archived fromthe originalon 24 June 2011.
- ^"Balally Residents Association".Balally Residents Association.Archivedfrom the original on 8 May 2021.Retrieved24 December2021.
- ^"Metrolink public consultation 2018"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 28 September 2020.
- ^"Southside section of MetroLink set to be abandoned".Irish Examiner.21 February 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 28 August 2021.Retrieved24 December2021.