Ballingeary
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Ballingeary (Template:Irish place name, Template:IPA) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The village is located within the Muskerry Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area). According to the 2016 census, over 42% of the population speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.<ref name="cso2016">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2022, Ballingeary had the highest proportion of Irish speakers among the population aged three years and over in Ireland, at 89%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
It has an active Irish-language summer school, Coláiste na Mumhan (College of Munster), which was attended by Thomas MacDonagh in the summer of 1906. It also hosts a yearly agricultural and horticultural show.Template:Fact
Ballingeary is 19 km west of Macroom, on the R584 road. The River Lee rises a few kilometres west of the village, at Gougane Barra Park.
