Ballyhahill
{{short description|Village in County Limerick, Ireland}}
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|name = Ballyhahill
|native_name = {{lang|ga|Baile Dhá Thuile}} or {{lang|ga|Baile Uí Sháithil}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|settlement_type = Village
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Munster
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = County Limerick
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|unit_pref = Metric
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url = http://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/limerick/0109__ballyhahill/ | website = City Population | title = Ballyhahill (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 27 May 2021 }}
|population = 146
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = WET
|utc_offset1 = +0
|utc_offset1_DST = -1
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Ballyhahill ({{Irish place name|Baile Dhá Thuile}} or Baile Uí Sháithil){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/32192.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile Dhá Thuile / Ballyhahill | accessdate = 27 May 2021 | quote = town of two floods / Baile Dhá Thuile is the official Irish form since 1969, but according to the historical evidence it should be Baile Uí Sháithil, 'the town of Ó Sáithil' }} is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 146 people. It is 40 km west of Limerick city. The White River flows to the east of the village.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21901806/finnoo-ballyhahill-limerick | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Bridge, Finoo, Ballyhahill, Limerick | accessdate = 27 May 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fish-kill-took-place-beside-landfill-hearing-told-1.1165046 | publisher = Irish Times |website = irishtimes.com | title = Fish kill took place beside landfill, hearing told | date = 5 November 2004 | accessdate = 27 May 2021 | quote = the White River between Gortadroma and Ballyhahill in Co Limerick }}
Name
According to the Placenames Database of Ireland, two Irish language derivations of the village name are proposed: Baile Dhá Thuile ("town of two floods") or Baile Uí Sháithil ("town of Ó Sáithil"). The former (Baile Dhá Thuile) has official recognition and appears on road signage around Ballyhahill.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the townland of Ballyhahill and the neighbouring townlands of Mohernagh and Finnoo.{{cite web|url = https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Limerick-Manual-(1997)-0028.pdf | title = Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments' (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Limerick | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | date = 1997}} A Carnegie library was built in Ballyhahill {{circa|1907}}.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21901804/ballyhahill-carnegie-library-main-street-ballyhahill-ballyhahill-limerick | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Ballyhahill Carnegie Library, Main Street, Ballyhahill, Limerick | accessdate = 27 May 2021 }} The local national (primary) school, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, was built in 1959.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21901803/scoil-naomh-mhuire-ballyhahill-ballyhahill-limerick | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Ballyhahill, Ballyhahill, Limerick | accessdate = 27 May 2021 }} As of 2017, the school had 39 pupils enrolled.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Curriculum-Evaluations-in-Primary-Schools/18236F_CEM_6688_20171128.pdf | website = education.ie | publisher = Department of Education | title = Curriculum Evaluation Report - Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Béal Átha Da Thuille, Co. Limerick | date = 27 November 2017 | quote = Scoil Naomh Mhuire is a co-educational, primary school [..] located in the village of Ballyhahill [..] At the time of the evaluation, there were 39 pupils enrolled | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210526232051/https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Curriculum-Evaluations-in-Primary-Schools/18236F_CEM_6688_20171128.pdf | archivedate = 26 May 2021 }}