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Ballyorgan is located at the foot of the Ballyhoura mountains. The area around the village is made of hills, forests, rivers, walking and cycling tracks and is surely one of these off the beaten track gems, you can only find in Ballyhoura Country.

  • Ballyorgan post sign in Ballyhoura, Co.Limerick, Ireland
  • Ballyorgan post sign in Ballyhoura, Co.Limerick, Ireland
  • Ballyorgan post sign in Ballyhoura, Co.Limerick, Ireland
  • Ballyorgan post sign in Ballyhoura, Co.Limerick, Ireland
  • Ballyorgan post sign in Ballyhoura, Co.Limerick, Ireland

Ballyorgan is situated in the south-east of Co. Limerick and is a small rural community with a population of 704. It was once the trade village of the Oliver Estate. The forge, a cut stone building, is now an attractive dwelling. Many Palatines (Germans from the Lower German Palatinate who emigrated to Ireland in the early 18th century) lived in the village.

Situated in Ballyorgan, on a narrow road, opposite Molanna View Farm, is the Kilflyn Angelican Church built in 1812 which was used by the Palatines with numerous headstones of their families in the adjoining graveyard.

The Ballyhoura Mountain Park with 10,000 hectares of mountain, woodlands and peat bog (bird-watching, walking routes, forest trails and orienteering) is also adjacent to Ballyorgan.

In the area surrounding Ballyorgan it is possible to see ravens, peregrine falcons, as well as the more usual birds, e.g. robins, blackbirds, long-tailed tits, wrens. In the woods adjacent to Castlegale, there are grey squirrels, as well as foxes, badgers, hares, rabbits. At the Ballintubber Ringfort continue on to the wood and it is possible to see hen harriers, kestrels, sparrowhawks, as well as the usual birds. On the river walk from Darragh to Ballyorgan, there is a wooded area, which contains oaks, ash, and ferns. In the wintertime, big flocks of lapwings, fieldfares and redwings are to be seen in the fields.

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  • main church in Ballyhoura, Co. Limerick

    Janock - 06 Aug

    The main church in Ballyorgan was built in 1857. The parish priest at the time, Darby Buckley wanted to build the church on a piece of land owned by Lady Ashton who lived in Foynes. Fr Buckley rode from Ballyorgan to Foynes to get permission to build the church. His quest was not in vain.