Ballyneety

Ballyneety (Irish: Baile an Fhaoitigh, meaning 'Town of An Faoiteach, from the surname de Faoite'^[2]) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately 10 km from Limerick city.^[3]

Ballyneety Baile an Fhaoitigh
Village
Ballyneety Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°35′50.7″N 08°32′55.2″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Limerick
Population  (2022)[1]	586
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST (WEST))

The village has an 18-hole golf course,^[4] petrol station, several takeaway restaurants, a pub, a post office, a garden centre, a car dealership, a credit union, a Garda station, and a funeral home.^{[citation needed]}

Local resident

• Dermot O'Hurley (c.1530 - 20 June 1584), one of the 24 Irish Catholic Martyrs. While born into the Gaelic nobility of Ireland at or near Emly, the future Archbishop of Cashel was raised at Lickadoon Castle, near Ballyneety.^[5]

See also

• Siege of Limerick (1690)#Sarsfield's raid at Ballyneety