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{{Short description|Townland in County Kerry, Ireland}}
[[File:Ballyhar Church - geograph.org.uk - 508250.jpg|thumb|Ballyhar's Catholic church was built in the 1820s]]
'''Ballyhar''' ({{irish place name|Baile Uí Aichir}}) is a [[townland]] and [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]] in [[County Kerry]], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1412423|title=Baile Uí Aichir/Ballyhar|website=logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | accessdate = 4 April 2024 }}</ref> Located in the [[barony (Ireland)|historical barony]] of Magunihy and in the [[civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of Kilcredane, the townland of Ballyhar has an area of approximately {{convert|1.2|km2|sigfig=1}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/magunihy/kilcredane/ballyhar/ballyhar/|title=Ballyhar Townland, Co. Kerry|website=townlands.ie | accessdate = 4 April 2024 }}</ref>
There are a number of ancient [[ring fort]] and [[Enclosure (archaeology)|enclosure]] sites in the townland.<ref>{{cite book| title = Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry | date = 1998 | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | place = Dublin }}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] church in Ballyhar was built in the 1820s.<ref>{{cite book | title = [[A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland]] | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | place = Dublin | chapter = Kilcredane | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/K/Kilcredane-Magonihy-Kerry.php | quote = In the R, C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Fieries; the chapel at Ballyhar is a modern building }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = [[A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland]] | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | place = Dublin | chapter = Aglish | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/A/Aglish-Magonihy-Kerry.php | quote = a chapel was built within the last fourteen years at Ballyhar }}</ref> This church, the Church of the Sacred Heart, is in the ecclesiastical parish of [[Firies]] in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/parish/firies/|title=Firies – Diocese of Kerry | website = dioceseofkerry.ie | accessdate = 4 April 2024 }}</ref> Local sports teams include an [[association football]] (soccer) club, Ballyhar Dynamos FC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ballyhardynamos.ie/about|title=Ballyhar Dynamos - About|website=ballyhardynamos.ie| accessdate = 4 April 2024 }}</ref> and Ballyhar-Firies GAA club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20159419.html|title=Kerry brothers take court action as GAA insists they play for parish club|first=Vivion|last=Kilfeather|date=29 June 2011| accessdate = 4 April 2024 |work =Irish Examiner}}</ref>
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[[Category:Townlands of County Kerry]]
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