Ballygunner

Ballygunner

*Baile Gunnair*
Ballygunner Baile Gunnair
Civil Parish
	Ballygunner Castle
	Ballygunner Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°13′15.35″N 7°3′7.31″W / 52.2209306°N 7.0520306°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Waterford

Ballygunner (Irish: Baile Gunnair),^[1] is a civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city.

The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr.^[2]

Ballygunner contains several townlands: Ballygunner Mhór, Knockboy, Ballinakill, Grantstown, Williamstown and Ballinamuncha.^{[citation needed]}

Main facilities in the parish are the local hurling club Ballygunner GAA, the adjacent St. Mary's National School and the 19th/29th Waterford St Mary's Ballygunner Scout Group.^[3]

References

^ Baile Gunnair, Placenames Database of Ireland, retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ Oftedal, Magne (1976), "Scandinavian place-names in Ireland", in Almqvist, Bo; David, Greene (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 15-21 August 1973, Royal Irish Academy, pp. 125–133.
^ "Fáilte go Scoil Naomh Muire, Baile Mhic Gonair | St. Mary's National School". www.ballygunner.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[1] Baile Gunnair, Placenames Database of Ireland, retrieved 26 October 2012.

[2] Oftedal, Magne (1976), "Scandinavian place-names in Ireland", in Almqvist, Bo; David, Greene (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 15-21 August 1973, Royal Irish Academy, pp. 125–133.

[3] "Fáilte go Scoil Naomh Muire, Baile Mhic Gonair | St. Mary's National School". www.ballygunner.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

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