Forgotten Ireland - Bally is an extremely common prefix to town names in Ireland, and is derived from the Gaelic phrase 'Baile na', meaning 'place of'. | Facebook
Discover Ireland on X: "Have you noticed lots of place names in Ireland begin with the word "Bally"? 🤔 Bally means "Place" or "Town of", so the really important part is the
!["Bally" comes from the Irish word "Baile", which means (in this context) "town". So there's quite a lot of them : r/meme "Bally" comes from the Irish word "Baile", which means (in this context) "town". So there's quite a lot of them : r/meme](https://preview.redd.it/bally-comes-from-the-irish-word-baile-which-means-in-this-v0-8funq2m7sqkb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=408d54879a252df597698b881bc6e90f47387116)