Ballyhar
Townland in County Kerry, Ireland
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Ballyhar (Irish: Baile Uí Aichir) is a townland and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] Located in the historical barony of Magunihy and in the civil parish of Kilcredane, the townland of Ballyhar has an area of approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi).[2]
There are a number of ancient ring fort and enclosure sites in the townland.[3] The Catholic church in Ballyhar was built in the 1820s.[4][5] This church, the Church of the Sacred Heart, is in the ecclesiastical parish of Firies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.[6] Local sports teams include an association football (soccer) club, Ballyhar Dynamos FC,[7] and Ballyhar-Firies GAA club.[8]
