Ballybeg is an
anglicisation of the
Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
term, ''Baile Beag'', which means "Little Town". Ballybeg is the name of a number of small
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
s and villages in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, including:
Villages and townlands
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Ballybeg, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
* Ballybeg, a townland in
County Carlow, Ireland
* Ballybeg in
Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland
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Ballybeg Priory
Ballybeg Priory (Irish: ), also known as Ballybeg Abbey, the Abbey of St Thomas, and St Thomas's Priory, is a 13th-century priory of the Augustinian order near the town of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland. It is home to one of the best preserved ...
near Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
* Ballybeg, a townland in
County Down, Northern Ireland
* Ballybeg, a townland in
County Laois, Ireland
* Ballybeg, a townland near
Strokestown
Strokestown ( ga, Béal na mBuillí), also known as Bellanamullia and Bellanamully, is a small town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is one of the 27 designated Heritage Towns in Ireland. Located in the part of the country marketed for tour ...
, County Roscommon, Ireland
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Ballybeg, County Tipperary, a townland in County Tipperary
*
Ballybeg, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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Ballybeg, County Waterford, a suburb of
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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, Ireland
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Ballybeg, Faughalstown, a townland in
Faughalstown civil parish, barony of Fore, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland
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Ballybeg, Kilcumreragh, a townland in
Kilcumreragh
Kilcumreragh () is a civil parish which spans the counties of Westmeath and Offaly in Ireland. It is located about west–south–west of Mullingar and north–north–west of Tullamore.
Kilcumreragh also spans three baronies. It is one of 8 ci ...
civil parish, barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland
* Ballybeg, a village in
County Wicklow, Ireland
Fictional places
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Ballybeg (fictional town), the fictional County Donegal town in which Irish playwright Brian Friel set works such as ''Philadelphia Here I Come!'' and ''Dancing at Lughnasa''
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