Ballyboughal
Local name: Baile Bachaille
Located in Fingal, Leinster Coordinates: 53°31′10″ N 6°16′00″ W
- Population
- 352
- 352
- Elevation
- 29 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Ballyboughal
Ballyboughal is a village. Location: Fingal, Leinster. Population: 352. Elevation: 29 m.
Ballyboughal or Ballyboghil (Irish: Baile Bachaille) is a village and district in central Fingal in County Dublin, near Naul. The name means "the town of the staff", and a major relic, the Bachal Isu, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. It is 4.4 km from Oldtown. There was a monastery in Ballyboughal sometime before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans.
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In comparison
- No. 25 of 26 places in Fingal by population
- Nearest larger town: Oldtown, 3 km W
- 10 sights and natural places within 10 km Spring Hill, Knockbrack
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Knockbrack Mountain, Fingal5.8 km N
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Swords Castle Historic site, Fingal7.4 km SE -
Spring Hill Mountain, Fingal5 km NW
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Glasmoe Abbey Historic site, Fingal6.2 km S
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Malahide Castle Historic site, Fingal11 km SE -
Dunsoghly Castle Historic site, Fingal11 km S
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