Welcome to Ballyoughter.ie, a community history website dedicated to Ballyoughter and the surrounding area near Gorey, County Wexford.

Explore the Church of the Sacred Heart, Ballyoughter National School, local townlands, historic maps, newspaper archives, photographs and the memories of local people.

The website brings together material from public records, historical publications and family collections. It is an ongoing community-history project based on primary and secondary sources. Contributions, corrections, photographs, memories, and alternative interpretations are warmly welcomed from anyone with a connection to Ballyoughter.

Welcome to Ballyoughter.ie where you can learn all about the unique beauty of this small townland which has remained largely unchanged by time, the ‘Celtic Tiger’, and the onset of the 21st Century.

Ballyoughter is located 10 kilometres south west of Gorey, County Wexford and while some development has impacted on its hinterlands, including the new M11 motorway, the area itself retains the rustic charm of bygone days.

As a visitor to this website, you can learn about the wider Ballyoughter area, its buildings, history, folklore, and people. If you are a community member, you can engage with the author to help improve the website. If you are an ‘expat’ of Ballyoughter, you may find the site a reminder of times past and use it to reminisce about your childhood.

Ballyoughter townland is part of the Balloughter Electoral Division which is host to 25 townlands and covers an area of over 22 square kilometres (5,500 acres). The townland itself covers an area of approximately 1 square kilometre (c.250 acres). In the first phase of development of this website, the focus is on the townland of Ballyoughter and its 6 contiguous townlands. Included in these 6 townlands is Worlough which is immediately due south of Ballyoughter but part of the Electoral Division of Ballymore (Civil Parish of Kilbride). Tubberneering Upper and Lower townlands are also included due to their proximity and strong historical links with Ballyoughter.

In phase two, the website will focus on other townlands that are further from Ballyoughter townland but which, historically, have close links to its Church, National School or community. 

Before you read further, please note that this is an ongoing community-history project based on primary and secondary sources. Corrections, additional information and alternative interpretations are always welcome.

Whatever your reason for visiting, enjoy the site and please feel free to contact me if you have any comments, suggestions, or material to add.