Ballylaneen
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Ballylaneen Baile Uí Laithín
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Bridge over the River Mahon near Ballylaneen
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 Ballylaneen
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| Coordinates: 52°10′N 7°24′W / 52.167°N 7.400°WCoordinates: 52°10′N 7°24′W / 52.167°N 7.400°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Waterford |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
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Ballylaneen (Irish: Baile Uí Fhlaithnín previously spelt as Baile Uí Laithín) is a small village in County Waterford, Ireland, approximately halfway between the villages of Kilmacthomas and Bunmahon on a hill by the River Mahon.
The village features a Catholic church (St. Anne's, built in 1824), a public house, a now closed shop-garage and about seven dwelling houses. It also has St. Anne's Holy Well, where people are said to have gone to pray for cures in the past (enclosed by a wall in 1974). The village was larger in the 19th century and gave its name to a parish of its own, which was administered from Mothel. Today Ballylaneen is part of Stradbally parish. The ruins of a large mill can be seen on the river Mahon, east of the village. This was one of five mills, which were sited on the river Mahon. The other four were at Mahonbridge (one) and Kilmacthomas (three). The present village is actually situated in the townland of Carrigcastle, while the old school and old graveyard are located in the townland of Ballylaneen.
There are two graveyards associated with the village. The newer of the two, adjacent to St Anne's church has one grave of interest: a flat horizontal tombstone commemorating Mark Anthony of Carrigcastle (1786 – 1 June 1867) who was an officer in the British Royal Navy and served in the battle of Trafalgar. The old graveyard (rarely used nowadays) is outside the present village on the Kilmacthomas road. It is the burial place of the poet Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (see below). Half a mile to the west of the village is an ancient stone-walled circular enclosure called Cathair Breac on a hill overlooking the village. On another hill south-west of the village in Carrigcastle, there is a subterranean neolithic corbel-roofed chamber, which was unearthed in the early 1970s.
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