Ballinkillin
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Ballinkillen Baile an Chillín
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 Ballinkillen
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| Coordinates: 52°38′53″N 6°55′43″W / 52.647959°N 6.928661°WCoordinates: 52°38′53″N 6°55′43″W / 52.647959°N 6.928661°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Carlow |
Ballinkillin or Ballinkillen (Irish: Baile an Chillín, meaning "settlement of the cillín") is a small village between Borris and Muine Bheag in County Carlow, Ireland. The village itself has 20 homes and about 74 people. It includes a national school, a local shop (Tim's Shop), a hurling pitch (Mc Donnell Park) and two housing estates, one of which is a new housing estate called "Schoolhouse Gate".
The church in Ballinkillin is dedicated to St. Lazerian and there is a beautiful stained glass window by Wilson of Youghal to his honour in the church. There are four other fine examples of stained glass windows -in honour of St. Joseph, St. Patrick, Our Lady and Christ - all donated to the church. Little is known of its history but it was built about 1793 by Fr. Michael Brophy and is one of the oldest churches in the diocese. It is likely it was a "barn church". The church at Lorum was more than likely the place of worship before this time and tradition says that there was a "mass" house near Ballinkillin Cross. In 1798 the church escaped plunder by the Crown forces as it was then thatched and looked like a farm building and they passed it by. The chapel yard started as a burial ground about 1817 and was consecrated by Bishop Doyle on Thursday, 26 September 1821. The long aisle was added to the church at this time, making it cross shaped. The Calvary was erected in 1935, the statue to Our Lady in 1955 and the cement paths around the church were completed in 1989 by voluntary labour, the materials were donated.
Lorum church is located approximately 1.5 miles from Ballinkillin. Dedicated as the Church of the Good Shepherd by Bishop Neal in 2001 . The church is surrounded by the church burial ground. To the rear of this beautiful church is a very old chapel ruin and cemetery. One headstone dates back to 1730. Also near Lorum is the remains of a High Cross. Near the village of Ballinkillin on the Lorum side there was what was known as the "religious bush". According to local tradition, a woman was shot in 1798 and is buried there. In times past procession were made from the chapel to pray at this spot, before returning to the chapel again. It is also noted that the "dead coach" was seen in the Ballinkillin area.
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