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Ballyda
Baile Dháith | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 52°34′40″N 7°15′34″W / 52.577784°N 7.259345°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballyda (Irish: Baile Dháith)[1] is a small townland in the civil parish of Danesfort in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.4 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi),[2] and had a population of 70 people as of the 2011 census.[3]
Evidence of ancient settlement within Ballyda townland includes a number of ring ditch and enclosure sites.[4] There is also a holy well site, known as Lady's Well, in the townland.[5] This holy well, which is associated with the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (celebrated on 15 August), is included in the Record of Monuments and Places as record number "KK023-075----".[5]
Ballyda, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny [..] 70
According to the OS Letters (1839), 'There is a holy well called Lady's Well in the Townland of Ballyda, much venerated still and frequented on the 15th of August