Ballygunner

Ballygunner (Irish: Baile Gunnair),[1] is a large townland in County Waterford, Ireland.

The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr.[2]

The boundaries of Ballygunner coincide with that of St. Mary's and St. Joseph & St. Benildus parishes. Ballygunner contains several smaller areas inside it, some that may be classified as Townlands in their own right. These are: Ballygunner Mhór, Ballygunner Castle, Knockboy, the Dunmore Road Area, Granstown, Callaghan & Ballinamuncha.

References

  1. ↑ Baile Gunnair, Placenames Database of Ireland, retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Oftedal, Magne (1976), "Scandinavian place-names in Ireland", in Almqvist, Bo; David, Greene, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 15-21 August 1973, Royal Irish Academy, pp. 125–133.