Ballingeary (, ) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in

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. The village is located within the Muskerry ''

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'' (Irish-speaking area). According to the 2016 census, over 42% of the population speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. In 2022, Ballingeary had the highest proportion of Irish speakers among the population aged three years and over in Ireland, at 89%. It has an active Irish-language summer school, ''Coláiste na Mumhan'' (College of Munster), which was attended by

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in the summer of 1906. It also hosts a yearly agricultural and horticultural show. Ballingeary is 19 km west of

Macroom Macroom (; ) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork (city), Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of war, ...

, on the R584 road. The River Lee rises a few kilometres west of the village, at Gougane Barra Park.

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