Catherine O’Mahony
KILMALLOCK AND BALLINGADDY PARISH
1988
Dedicated to the memory of Nora Cronin, R.I.P.
I wish to thank all those who helped me in the compilation of this little booklet. My thanks to Rev. John Leonard C.C., Kilmallock for his encouragement and help, to Most Rev. Jeremiah Newman D.D., Bishop of Limerick for permission to reproduce map of County Limerick from his book Limerick Rural Survey; to Mainchín Seoighe for permission to reproduce map from his book The Story of Kilmallock; Joe O'Connell for map of Ballingaddy, John O'Leary and Frederic Leblanc for photographs, and all the people, especially the older people of Ballingaddy who supplied me with valuable historical information which they had got from their parents and grandparents. A special word of thanks also to my brother, Fr. Christy O’Doherty W.F. who gave me very valuable help in laying out the script and putting it together.
To each and all I express my profound gratitude.
CATHERINE O’MAHONY
Photography: Frederic Leblanc and John O'Leary. Printing: Abbey Printing Works, Kilmallock.