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Can anyone tell me the significance of the word 'Bally' in lots of N.Ireland place names.....Ballymena etc,?
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01:15 Tue 28th Aug 2007
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'Bally' simply means 'town'. It's derived from the Gaelic 'baile', meaning 'place':
http://www.geographyinaction.co.uk/Text_based_ site/Placenames/pnamesmeaning.html

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