Ballydavid

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title: "Ballydavid" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gaeltacht-places-in-county-kerry", "gaeltacht-towns-and-villages", "towns-and-villages-in-county-kerry"] description: "Village in County Kerry, Ireland" topic_path: "general/gaeltacht-places-in-county-kerry" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballydavid" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in County Kerry, Ireland ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Ballydavid
native_name	Baile na nGall
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Baile na nGall (Ballynagall) - geograph.org.uk - 275375.jpg
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Kerry
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
footnotes	Official name: Baile na nGall.
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|official_name = Ballydavid |native_name = Baile na nGall |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Baile na nGall (Ballynagall) - geograph.org.uk - 275375.jpg |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Munster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Kerry |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Official name: Baile na nGall. Baile na nGall (Irish, meaning "town of the foreigners), unofficially anglicized as "Ballydavid", is a Gaeltacht village is situated on the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland. As the 2003 Official Languages Act revoked the status of the English language name Ballydavid, the official name is Baile na nGall.

The village is near to Gallarus Castle, a 15th-century tower built by the Knight of Kerry, the holder of a hereditary knighthood belonging to the Geraldine Dynasty. It is now an Irish heritage site and stands about one kilometre from the better known and more historically significant Gallarus Oratory.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta has a broadcast studio just outside the village. The radio tower is also a transmission site for RTÉ Network Limited.

The Marilyn, Ballydavid Head, has a relative height of 247 metres.

References

Sources

• – D to M (for Gallerus)

References

1. [http://www.logainm.ie/1165468.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]
2. "Official Languages Act 2003". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB).
3. (29 March 2022). "Raidió na Gaeltachta: 10 shows that defined a station across five decades". Irish Examiner.

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