Welcome to the Ballingarry Parish Website

Ballingarry is a small parish, located in South-East Tipperary, in the area known as the Slieveardagh Hills. Ballingarry is steeped in History, Heritage and Tradition.

From the principal location of the Young Irelanders 1848 Rebellion, to the links with the first public flying of the Irish Tricolour Flag, to our musical and mining heritage, the parish has a richly distinctive past, dating back to the early Christian Period.

Since 1998, with the purchase of the Widow McCormack's house, the principal place of action during the 1848 Rebellion, Ballingarry has firmly taken its place on the national heritage map. A world class national heritage site, now greets visitors coming to Ballingarry, from near and far.

Ballingarry's History, is embraced by young and old

Ballingarry offers a warm welcome to all her visitors, especially her Diaspora, many having accomplished mighty things in their time. Even heads of state have claimed Ballingarry as their own;

"I can lay claim to ties less spiritual but more familial to Erin’s Isle because beyond the blarney, my maternal grandmother Hannah Cashin was the daughter or Irish parents, both coming from a small parish of Ballingarry in Country Tipperary. Anyone here from Ballingarry? Much misunderstood.Those parents, Owen Cashin and Johannah Maher, arrived here in Brisbane in 1887, they may well have known each other from their home town, having both been baptised in Ballingarry’s Church of the Assumption. Ballingarry might have only been a small parish in County Tipperary but I am pleased to report it looms large in the history of the Irish rebellions of the 19th century."Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister Australia.