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Ballygunner
Baile Gunnair
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Civil Parish
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  Ballygunner Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′15.35″N 7°3′7.31″W / 52.2209306°N 7.0520306°W / 52.2209306; -7.0520306 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Waterford |
Ballygunner (Irish: Baile Gunnair),[1] is a civil parishinCounty Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city.
The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr.[2]
Ballygunner contains several townlands: Ballygunner Mhór, Knockboy, Ballinakill, Grantstown, Williamstown and Ballinamuncha.[citation needed]
Main facilities in the parish are the local hurling club Ballygunner GAA, the adjacent St. Mary's National School and the 19th/29th Waterford St Mary's Ballygunner Scout Group.[3]
