Ballyduff (IrishAn Baile Dubh, or Black village) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Ballyduff has a population of 614 (CSO 2002). Ballyduff is famed for it's sporting past and present and is very successful in both Gaelic Fooball and Hurling. Ballyduff holds the current North Kerry Senior Football title after defeating the much fancied Listowel team in the final. County Kerry (Irish: Contae ChiarraÃ) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for Irelands census and other state data collection activities. ...
Geography
Ballyduff is located on R551 between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion. The village is located on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon. Kerry Head Ballyheigue (Irish: Baile Uà Thaidhg) is a coastal village in County Kerry in the province of Munster, Ireland. ... Ballybunion (Baile an Bhuinneánaigh in Irish) is a small coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland. ... Bridge over the River Feale at Listowel The River Feale (Abhainn na Feile in Irish) rises near Rockchapel in the Mullaghareirk Mountains of County Cork in the southwest of Ireland and flows northwestwards through Abbeyfeale and Listowel in County Kerry before finally emptying into the Mouth of the Shannon by... The River Shannon (Irish: Sionainn), Irelands longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connaught) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). ...
History
Near Ballyduff at Rattoo, a "round tower" reaches a height of 92 ft (28 m), with a base circumference of 48 ft (15 m). This is the only complete round tower in Kerry, and possibly dates from the late 10th or early 11th centuries. The round tower at Glendalough, Ireland, is approximately thirty metres tall A round tower was primarily a bell tower, or belfry, as the Irish form of the name cloictheach clearly indicates, and as was proved by George Petrie as long ago as 1845 and never seriously challenged since. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 m and 100 m. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...
Ballyduff is approximately the ancient parish of Mocollop, which latter seems to have been absorbed into, or united with Lismore at a very early period.
In 1954 a new burial ground was purchased in a beautiful spot in Scartnacrooha and this now serves as the sold cemetery in use since the County Council banned the use of the Old Cemetery in Mocollop due to use beyond natural capacity.
Fr Richard Lane who had been the curate in Ballyduff for several years was made parish priest and was the last parish priest to serve with a curate (Fr John Kiely) before the parish reverted to a single priest parish.
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