Ballyragget

Ballyragget
Béal Átha Ragad
Town
The 15th century Ballyragget Castle overlooks the town
The 15th century Ballyragget Castle overlooks the town
Ballyragget is located in Ireland
Ballyragget
Ballyragget
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°47′00″N 7°20′00″W / 52.783333°N 7.333333°W / 52.783333; -7.333333
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kilkenny
Population1,082
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballyragget (Irish: Béal Átha Ragad, meaning 'Mouth of Ragget's Ford')[2] is a small town on the river Nore in the north of County Kilkenny in Ireland. Ballyragget is on the N77 road, 18 km (11 mi) north of Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 1,082 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballyragget". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Béal Átha Ragad / Ballyragget". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2020.