Ballybeg

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Ballybeg is a generic name given to small Irish towns, similar in meaning and context to Smallville in the Superman universe. The name comes from the Gaelic words Baile Beag which literally means Little Town. The term originated in France (bailie being the Old French term for a bailiff, see Bailiwick). The playwright Brian Friel has set many of his works, such as Philadelphia, Here I Come, in the mythical County Donegal town of Ballybeg. Friel's Ballybeg has often been compared to the village of Glenties, close to where the playwright lives.

Ballybeg may also refer to:

• Ballybeg, the name of a working class suburb of Waterford, Ireland
• Ballybeg, a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland
• Ballybeg, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland