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Ballycumber
Béal Átha Chomair | |
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Village | |
 R436 road through the village | |
  Ballycumber Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′35″N 7°41′08″W / 53.326509°N 7.6854524°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Offaly |
| Population | 208 |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycumber". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Béal Átha Chomair Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2014-04-24.