The village lies within a townland that has a similar name. The village's name is usually spelt Ballerin, while the townland's name is usually spelt Boleran. Earlier spellings of these names include Ballyerin (1654) and Ballyirin (1613). All are believed to come from Irish Baile Uí Shírín 'Ó Shírín's townland/settlement'.[1][2] However, the local Gaelic Athletic Association club uses the Irish name Baile Iarainn,[3] meaning "townland/settlement of iron".
Parishedit
Ballerin is in Errigal civil parish and St Mary's is in the Derry Diocese, covering about half the Catholic parish of Garvagh.[4]
Sportedit
Ballerin is the focal point for a number of sports in the area including Errigal Boxing Club, Irish Dancing, indoor bowling, Camogie and Gaelic games.[3]
ballerin, small, village, between, garvagh, ringsend, county, londonderry, northern, ireland, located, within, causeway, coast, glens, district, includes, saint, columba, catholic, primary, school, saint, mary, catholic, church, irish, baile, shírín, baile, ia. Ballerin is a small village between Garvagh and Ringsend in County Londonderry Northern Ireland It is located within Causeway Coast and Glens district It includes Saint Columba s Catholic primary school and Saint Mary s Catholic church BallerinIrish Baile Ui Shirin Baile IarainnBallerin Catholic churchBallerinLocation within Northern Ireland Belfast54 mi 87 km DistrictCauseway Coast and GlensCountyCounty LondonderryCountryNorthern IrelandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCOLERAINEPostcode districtBT51Dialling code028 44 28List of places UK Northern Ireland County Londonderry 55 01 11 N 6 44 17 W 55 019808 N 6 738 W 55 019808 6 738 Contents 1 Name 2 Parish 3 Sport 4 ReferencesName editThe village lies within a townland that has a similar name The village s name is usually spelt Ballerin while the townland s name is usually spelt Boleran Earlier spellings of these names include Ballyerin 1654 and Ballyirin 1613 All are believed to come from Irish Baile Ui Shirin o Shirin s townland settlement 1 2 However the local Gaelic Athletic Association club uses the Irish name Baile Iarainn 3 meaning townland settlement of iron Parish editBallerin is in Errigal civil parish and St Mary s is in the Derry Diocese covering about half the Catholic parish of Garvagh 4 Sport editBallerin is the focal point for a number of sports in the area including Errigal Boxing Club Irish Dancing indoor bowling Camogie and Gaelic games 3 Ballerin GAC nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ballerin References edit Placenames NI Archived 2012 03 31 at the Wayback Machine Placenames Database of Ireland a b Ballerin Gaelic Athletic Club Archived 2011 03 21 at the Wayback Machine Garvagh Parish Archived August 23 2009 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article related to the geography of County Londonderry Northern Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ballerin amp oldid 1136334324, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
