Ballynahinch, County Galway

Village in County Galway, Ireland

Village in Ireland

Ballynahinch Baile na hInse
Village
Area view in 1910s; Ballynahinch castle at base of Benlettery, one of the Twelve Bens
53°27′35″N 9°51′49″W / 53.45972°N 9.86361°W / 53.45972; -9.86361
Country	Ireland
County	County Galway
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch (Irish: Baile na hInse)^[1] is a village in County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is situated close to Recess, on the road from Recess to Roundstone. It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden (the "Capital of Connemara"). The name comes from the Irish Baile na hInse meaning settlement of the island.^[1]

Ballynahinch Castle, built in 1684 for the Martyn family, is located there. In the early 1900s it was the summer residence of Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, and former test cricketer with the English Cricket Team.

Transport

Ballynahinch railway station opened on 1 November 1895, and was closed on 29 April 1935.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Baile na hInse/Ballynahinch". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^ "Ballynahinch station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.