Ballyhar

Ballyhar (Irish: Baile Uí Aichir) is a townland and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland.^[1] Located in the historical barony of Magunihy and in the civil parish of Kilcredane, the townland of Ballyhar has an area of approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi).^[2]

Ballyhar's Catholic church was built in the 1820s

There are a number of ancient ring fort and enclosure sites in the townland.^[3] The Catholic church in Ballyhar was built in the 1820s.^[4][5] This church, the Church of the Sacred Heart, is in the ecclesiastical parish of Firies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.^[6] Local sports teams include an association football (soccer) club, Ballyhar Dynamos FC,^[7] and Ballyhar-Firies GAA club.^[8]