Ballivor
Ballivor
Baile Íomhair | |
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Village | |
 Main Street | |
  Ballivor Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°31′58″N 6°57′53″W / 53.53281°N 6.96475°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Meath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,809 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N686541 |
Ballivor (/'bælaɪvər/ BAL-eyevər; Irish: Baile Íomhair, meaning "the town of Íomhar")[2] is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It had a population of 1,809 at the 2016 census.[1] It is on the R156 road between the towns of Mullingar and Trim, and is around 50 km north-west of Dublin.
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Education
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Nazi Germany spy Hermann Görtz parachuted into Ballivor in the summer of 1940.
The Ballivor Horse Show has been held every June since the early 1970s.[4]
In 2003, the bog body, the "Clonycavan Man" was found in Clonycavan, Ballivor, County Meath. It is now shown in the exhibition, Kingship and Sacrifice at the National Museum of Ireland.
Notable people
- Mary Brück, astronomer
- Thomas Poynton, Catholic missionary
- F. R. Higgins, poet and manager of the Abbey Theatre
- Richard Corrigan, chef
See also
References
- ^ a b "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Ballivor". CSO. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Baile Íomhair/Ballivor". Logainm.ie (in Irish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Dublin Airport – Bus Éireann – View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets". buseireann.ie. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Ballivor Horse Show". ballivorhorseshow.180269.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
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