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Ballybunion or Ballybunnion[2] (Irish: Baile an Bhuinneánaigh) is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Wild Atlantic Way, 15 km (9 mi) from the town of Listowel.

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Ballybunion Baile an Bhuinneánaigh
Town
Ballybunion Castle and coastline
Ballybunion Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.510°N 9.672°W / 52.510; -9.672
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Kerry
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	1,854
Irish Grid Reference	Q862415
Website	www.ballybunionbythesea.ie

Tourism

Ballybunion has two main beaches, divided by the Castle Green. The Ladies Beach is to the right and the Men's Beach to the left – names arising from the fact that both sexes swam on separate beaches on the orders of the local parish priest, who patrolled daily ensuring the rule wasn't broken. Further to the left of the Men's Beach lies the Long Strand, a 3.2 km stretch of sand, overlooked by the sand dunes of Ballybunion Golf Club.

In the summer, Ballybunion attracts tourists, and the beaches near Ballybunion are a common surfing site, with a dedicated surf school on the Men's Beach. Other traditions include seaweed baths, featuring sea water with serrated wrack. The town itself has a number of restaurants, pubs and cafes, and schools. There is also a statue commemorating the golfing visit of Bill Clinton. This was the first statue of Bill Clinton on public display in the world.^{[citation needed]}

Sport

Golf

Ballybunion Golf Club was founded in 1893 and is home to arguably one of the best links courses in the world.^{[citation needed][according to whom?]} There are 2 courses, the Old Course and the Cashen Course, both situated beside the beach. The club hosted the Murphy's Irish Open in 2000 and Palmer Cup in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Gaelic football

Stack Park is situated off Sandhill Road, and has an unofficial walk-in entrance off Central Park (mobile home part off Kit Ahern Road). This floodlight pitch provides training & matches for many divisions of players (incl under 8s, 10s, junior, and senior) as well as ladies football.^{[citation needed]}

The Ballybunion team are called the Beale team, named for a small townland a couple of miles up the coast from Ballybunion. The Beale colours are green with a red stripe.^{[citation needed]}

Health and leisure

Ballybunion Health & Leisure Centre opened in 2007 and is situated on Kit Ahern Road.[3]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• Surfing in Ireland

References

На других языках

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[de] Ballybunion

Ballybunion oder Ballybunnion (irisch: Baile an Bhuinneánaigh) ist ein Ferienort an der Küste des Countys Kerry im Südwesten der Republik Irland. Der Ort mit 1413 Einwohnern (Stand 2016[1]) liegt 15 Kilometer von der Stadt Listowel entfernt. Zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten der Umgebung gehören eine Burg, von der nur mehr eine Mauer erhalten ist, und die Wanderwege entlang der mitunter sehr steilen Klippen, von den Gezeiten ausgebildete Höhlen, ein vorzeitlicher Abfallhaufen, eine Delfinpopulation und hoch gelobte Surf-Wellen.

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- [en] Ballybunion

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[ru] Баллибанион

Баллибанион[2] (англ. Ballybunion; ирл. Baile an Bhuinneánaigh) — (переписной) посёлок в Ирландии, находится в графстве Керри (провинция Манстер).

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