Ballycumber

Ballycumber
Béal Átha Chomair
Village
R436 road through the village
R436 road through the village
Ballycumber is located in Ireland
Ballycumber
Ballycumber
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°19′35″N 7°41′08″W / 53.326509°N 7.6854524°W / 53.326509; -7.6854524
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyOffaly
Population208
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballycumber (Irish: Béal Átha Chomair, meaning 'ford-mouth of (the) confluence')[2] is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is 5 km (3 mi) west of the town of Clara, on the western edge of Clara bog. According to the 2016 census, the population of Ballycumber was 208 people.[1]

Ballycumber is located in the civil parish of Leamonaghan. The church in nearby Boher (dedicated to Saint Manchán of Lemanaghan, a local saint) was opened in 1861; before that there was a mud-walled church in the area which has left no trace.

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycumber". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ Béal Átha Chomair Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2014-04-24.