Ballinamult

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Ballinamult ({{Irish place name|Béal na Molt| the Gap of Weathers}}) is a hamlet in County Waterford situated near the border with County Tipperary.{{cite web|title=Placenames Database of Ireland|url=http://www.logainm.ie/1414597.aspx|publisher=Dublin City University|accessdate=15 December 2014|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924222238/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1414597|url-status=live}}

It is in the historic Sliabh gCua district between the Comeragh and Knockmealdown Mountains.

Ballinamult Barracks

The barracks was built by 1714 as it features on a map of that date by Herman Moll and it is described as a redoubt for twenty men. It was situated on a bluff on the East bank of the Finisk River guarding access to County Tipperary.{{cite web|title=Archaeological Survey Database|url=http://www.archaeology.ie/|publisher=National Monuments Service|accessdate=15 December 2014|archive-date=23 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123161541/http://www.archaeology.ie/|url-status=live}} In 1918, the garrison consisted of a Sergeant and three constables. Later on this was increased by a party of about a dozen soldiers.{{cite book|title=Statement by John Whelan|date=12 June 1955|publisher=Bureau of Military History|url=http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1303.pdf|accessdate=15 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205902/http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1303.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

See also

References

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{{County Waterford}}

Category:Townlands of County Waterford

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