- Ballinskelligs
Infobox Irish Place
name = Ballinskelligs
gaeilge = Baile na Sceilge
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province =Munster
county =County Kerry
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|Ballinskelligs (Irish: "Baile na Sceilge" meaning homestead of the rocks [Deidre Flanagan et al: "Irish Place Names", Gill & Macmillan, 1994, ISBN 0-7171-2066-X, p. 172] ) is a village in the south-west of the
Iveragh peninsula "(Uíbh Ráthach)" in the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) region ofCounty Kerry ,Ireland . The rocks in question areSkellig Michael "(Sceilg Mhichíl)" andLittle Skellig , an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast from Ballinskellings. The town is also the site of an attractive beach and ruins of a priory of Augustinian Canons Regular, now in ruins, and the remains of a Mac Carthy castle. [Lord Killanin and Michael V. Duignan: "The Shell Guide to Ireland", Ebury Press, London 1967, p. 86]References
ee also
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Kerry)
*List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
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