Ballyda

Ballyda (Irish: Baile Dháith)^[1] is a small townland in the civil parish of Danesfort in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.4 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi),^[2] and had a population of 70 people as of the 2011 census.^[3]

Ballyda Baile Dháith
Townland
Tilled field in Ballyda townland
Ballyda Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°34′40″N 7°15′34″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kilkenny
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Evidence of ancient settlement within Ballyda townland includes a number of ring ditch and enclosure sites.^[4] There is also a holy well site in the townland.^[5]

See also

• Lady's Well, Danesfort
• List of townlands in County Kilkenny

References

1. "Baile Dháith / Ballyda". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
2. "Ballyda Townland, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. "CD158 - Kilkenny Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. April 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2020 – via data.gov.ie. Ballyda, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny [..] 70
4. Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 - County Kilkenny. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996.
5. "KK023-075---- : Ritual site - holy well : BALLYDA". Historic Environment Viewer. Retrieved 8 August 2024. According to the OS Letters (1839), 'There is a holy well called Lady's Well in the Townland of Ballyda, much venerated still and frequented on the 15th of August