Balleagny, vil., Mullingar par., co. Westmeath.

Balleave, hamlet, in par. and \ mile SW. of Kinross,
Kinross-shire ; has a tartan factory.

Ballechin, seat, Logierait par., Perthshire; Ballechin
distillery is in the neighbourhood.

Balledgarno, vil., Inchture par., SE. Perthshire, 7
miles AV. of Dundee.

Balledmund, seat, near Pitlochry, Perthshire.

Bailee, or Bally, par., E. co. Down, 4 miles SE. of
Downpatrick, 5716 ac., pop. 1046 ; P.O.

Bailee House, co. Antrim ; post-town, Ballymena.

Balleen, par., NW. co. Kilkenny, 3 m. NW. of Fresh-
ford, 2557 ac., pop. 348; contains the imposing ruin of B.
Castle, the principal stronghold of the Earls of Ormond.

Balleighan, place with agricultural school, E. co.
Donegal; post-town, Manorcunningham.

Ballenach, hamlet, in N. Knapdale, Argyllshire, 6
miles NAY. of Lochgilphead.

Ballencricff.—a ruined seat of Lord Elibank, in par.
and If mile SE. of Aberlady, Haddingtonshire.—2.
Ballencrieff, several localities and a rivulet, near
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire.

BaUendrick, seat, Perthshire, 1 mile SAY. of Bridge
of Earn.

BaUengeicli, steep pass, behind Stirling Castle;
notable through the adventures of James Y. as the
“ Gudeman of Ballengeich.”

BallenvaUey, or BalUnaveHy, a streamlet, in
bar. and par. of Arklow, co. Wicklow.

BaUeshare and Illeray, island, N. Uist par., Outer
Hebrides, Inverness-shire, pop. 266.

Balleswidden, large tin mine, Cornwall, near St
Just, and 7 miles W. of Penzance.

Ballevullin, hamlet, in Tiree island, Argyllshire.

Ball Haye Green, place with school, 11? mile N. of
Leek, Staffordshire.

BaHi . See also Bally .

Balliasta, place with ruins of old church and with
limestone quarries, Unst island, Shetland.

Ballikeg, hamlet, E. Argyllshire; post-tn., Strachur.

Balliclirolsk, hamlet, near Killin, AY. Perthshire.

BaUickmoyler, vil., Killeban par., SE. Queen’s co.,
51? miles NW. of Carlow ry. sta., pop. 109 ; P.O.

Ballidon, township, Bradbourne par., N. Derby-
shire, 4 miles W. of AYirksworth, 1947 ac , pop. 109.

Ballied, seat, Perthshire, 3J miles W. of Blairgowrie.

BalllgiU, small loch, Farr par., Sutherlandshire.

Balllkinrain, seat, Killearn par., Stirlingshire, 1
mile SE. of Balfron.

Balllmore.—hamlet, in detached part of Logierait
par., Perthshire, on river Tummel, 2f miles E. of Kin-
loch Rannoch.—2. Baltimore, seat, Argyllshire, on
Loch Fyne, 5 miles SE. of Lochgilphead.

BaUina. See also Ballyna , and Bellana .

Ball ilia.—market and seaport tn., Kilmoremoy par.,
N. co. Mayo, on river Moy, 168 miles NW. of Dublin
by rail and 19 miles NE. of Castlebar by road—town-
ship,.1072 ac., pop. 5760 (including Ardnaree); P.O.,
T.O., 4 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Monday.
B. is the largest and most thriving town in the co., and
has considerable trade in corn and provisions; the Moy
is navigable to within 1 mile of it. (For shipping statis-
tics, see Appendix.) It is much frequented by tourists;
the waters in the dist. afford excellent angling, and the
salmon-fishery is important. This town was seized by
the French on their landing atKillala in 1798.—2. Bal-
lina, vil., 11 miles SAY. of Nenagh, NW. co. Tipperary,
.on left bank of river Shannon, pop. 238 ; it is connected
with Killaloe by a bridge of 19 arches.—3. Ballina,
seat, 3 miles AY. of Enfield, N. co. Kildare.

Balllnalioy, par., in co. and 7 miles SW. of Cork,
7970 ac., pop. 1062.

BaUinabrackey, place, E. co. AYestmeath, 8 miles
from Killucan; P.O.

BalllnacariTg.—par., in co. and 2 miles SE. of
Carlow, 2605 ac., pop. 420. — 2. Ballinacarrig,
hamlet and ruins of castle (1585), co. Cork, 10 miles
AY. of Bandon, on river Bandon.

BaHinaclash, vil., 3 miles SW. of Rathdrum ry.
sta., co. Wicklow, pop. 127.

Ballinacor, par., vil., and seat, in bar. of S. Bal-
linacor, S. co. AVicklow, 3 miles AV. of Rathdrum, or
river Avonbeg, 17,448 ac., pop. 538.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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