Ballinabranna
Baile na mBreatnach
Village
Ballinabranna National School
Ballinabranna National School
Ballinabranna is located in Ireland
Ballinabranna
Ballinabranna
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°47′08″N 6°59′06″W / 52.785608°N 6.984882°W / 52.785608; -6.984882
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Carlow
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total466
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh (Irish: Baile na mBreatnach)[2] is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of Carlow and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the M9 motorway. It is within the townland of Ballinabrannagh, and is in the barony of Idrone West. As of the 2016 census, the population of the village was 466.[3]

History

Traditionally a rural townland, it developed into a nucleated village due to its proximity to the M9 motorway. The Milford Park and Gort na Gréine housing developments, built in the late-2000s and 2010s respectively, significantly expanded the population of the area. It was first included (as Ballinabrannagh) as a census town for the 2011 census, at which time it had a population of 389 people.[1]

The village has a church (St. Fintan's), a child daycare, a GAA club/gym, and a national (primary) school. As of 2014, the school (Ballinabranna National School) had an enrollment of approximately 170 pupils.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ballinabrannagh (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Baile na mBreatnach / Ballinabranagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Central Statistics Office, Census 2016, StatBank - data and statistics". statbank.cso.ie. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Ballinabranna National School" (PDF). Department of Education and Skills. Department of Education. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2021.


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