Ballybunion has two main beaches, divided by the Castle Green. The Ladies Beach is to the right and the Men's Beach to the left – names arising from the fact that both sexes swam on separate beaches on the orders of the local parish priest, who patrolled daily ensuring the rule wasn't broken. Further to the left of the Men's Beach lies the Long Strand, a 3.2 km stretch of sand, overlooked by the sand dunes of Ballybunion Golf Club.
In the summer, Ballybunion attracts tourists, and the beaches near Ballybunion are a common surfing site, with a dedicated surf school on the Men's Beach. Other traditions include seaweed baths, featuring sea water with serrated wrack. The town itself has a number of restaurants, pubs and cafes, and schools. There is also a statue commemorating the golfing visit of Bill Clinton. This was the first statue of Bill Clinton on public display in the world.[citation needed]
Stack Park is situated off Sandhill Road, and has an unofficial walk-in entrance off Central Park (mobile home part off Kit Ahern Road). This floodlight pitch provides training & matches for many divisions of players (incl under 8s, 10s, junior, and senior) as well as ladies football.[citation needed]
The Ballybunion team are called the Beale team, named for a small townland a couple of miles up the coast from Ballybunion. The Beale colours are green with a red stripe.[citation needed]
Health and leisure
Main street Ballybunion
Ballybunion Health & Leisure Centre opened in 2007 and is situated on Kit Ahern Road.[3]
^(PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
ballybunion, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 2019, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ballybunion news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ballybunion or Ballybunnion 2 Irish Baile an Bhuinneanaigh is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry Ireland on the Wild Atlantic Way 15 km 9 mi from the town of Listowel Ballybunion Baile an BhuinneanaighTownBallybunion Castle and coastlineBallybunionLocation in IrelandCoordinates 52 30 36 N 9 40 19 W 52 510 N 9 672 W 52 510 9 672 Coordinates 52 30 36 N 9 40 19 W 52 510 N 9 672 W 52 510 9 672CountryIrelandProvinceMunsterCountyCounty KerryElevation30 m 100 ft Population 2016 1 1 854Irish Grid ReferenceQ862415Websitewww wbr ballybunionbythesea wbr ie Contents 1 Tourism 2 Sport 2 1 Golf 2 2 Gaelic football 2 3 Health and leisure 3 See also 4 ReferencesTourism EditBallybunion has two main beaches divided by the Castle Green The Ladies Beach is to the right and the Men s Beach to the left names arising from the fact that both sexes swam on separate beaches on the orders of the local parish priest who patrolled daily ensuring the rule wasn t broken Further to the left of the Men s Beach lies the Long Strand a 3 2 km stretch of sand overlooked by the sand dunes of Ballybunion Golf Club In the summer Ballybunion attracts tourists and the beaches near Ballybunion are a common surfing site with a dedicated surf school on the Men s Beach Other traditions include seaweed baths featuring sea water with serrated wrack The town itself has a number of restaurants pubs and cafes and schools There is also a statue commemorating the golfing visit of Bill Clinton This was the first statue of Bill Clinton on public display in the world citation needed Sport Edit Ballybunion Golf Club Golf Edit Ballybunion Golf Club was founded in 1893 and is home to arguably one of the best links courses in the world citation needed according to whom There are 2 courses the Old Course and the Cashen Course both situated beside the beach The club hosted the Murphy s Irish Open in 2000 and Palmer Cup in 2004 citation needed Gaelic football Edit Stack Park is situated off Sandhill Road and has an unofficial walk in entrance off Central Park mobile home part off Kit Ahern Road This floodlight pitch provides training amp matches for many divisions of players incl under 8s 10s junior and senior as well as ladies football citation needed The Ballybunion team are called the Beale team named for a small townland a couple of miles up the coast from Ballybunion The Beale colours are green with a red stripe citation needed Health and leisure Edit Main street Ballybunion Ballybunion Health amp Leisure Centre opened in 2007 and is situated on Kit Ahern Road 3 See also EditList of towns and villages in Ireland Surfing in IrelandReferences Edit Census 2006 Volume 1 Population Classified by Area PDF Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports Central Statistics Office Ireland April 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 7 June 2011 Retrieved 8 June 2011 Placenames Database of Ireland Health amp Leisure Centre Archived 2008 08 19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ballybunion amp oldid 1151479718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
