These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
Béal an Átha· Irish · main form · validated name
Ballina· English · main form
Place & story
The railway terminus across from Killaloe
Bassett's 1889 directory places Ballina in Templeachally parish, County Tipperary, opposite Killaloe on the Shannon. The railway terminus was on the Ballina side, while letters arrived through Killaloe post office. Work to widen the river above the village had begun in 1887.[2]
People & connections
Names from an 1889 directory
The directory names bakers E. McKeogh and P. Murnane, stationmaster Patrick Grace, and John and Mary Russell at the national school. These are 1889 occupational entries, not a complete register of residents.[2]
Our Lady and Saint Lua’s church
The Catholic church on the Ballina bank is dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Lua. John Glynn's stained-glass survey for the County Clare Heritage Office dates it to 1846 and places it in Ballina and Boher parish, in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The survey records glass by the Watson workshop of Youghal. Despite appearing in a Clare heritage survey alongside neighbouring Killaloe, the church stands in Tipperary. Its dedication and diocesan connection help distinguish it from the churches on the opposite bank.[3]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Ballina — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Ballina, North Tipperary — Census town, CSO 2006 report
2002–2006: census town
1,861people · 2006
These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Ballina, North Tipperary — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Ballina, North Tipperary — Census town, CSO 1996 report
1991–1996: census town
598people · 1996
These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Ballina, North Tipperary — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.
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Ballina, Tipperary — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Ballina, North Tipperary
Published census settlement populations
2,632people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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