This information is part of the website Ballyferriter Genealogy created by W.J. Mansfield, former contact [email protected]. It was originally posted at www.geocities.com.wstub.archive.org/Athens/Ithaca/7974/Ballyferriter/, but Geocities shut down and the page could not be found on another active Internet site. The Kerry site administrator decided to host Mansfield's pages here because of its value to the genealogical community. They were retrieved in February, 2010 from web.archive.org/web/20050509215938/www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/7974/Ballyferriter/ and edited to Kerry website format and information already on the Kerry site. Some original sections are not included.

Should W. J. Mansfield find this page, please contact the Kerry administrator.

Ballyferriter

The Catholic Parish of Ballyferriter (or Ferriter) is located on the northwestern tip of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, on the southwestern coast of Ireland. It consisted of the civil parishes of Dunquin, Dunurlin, Marhin, Kilmalkedar, and Kilquane, which together covered an area of nearly 64 square miles. Along with most of the rest of the peninsula, it fell within the Barony of Corkaguiny (Corca Dhuibhne), as well as the Dingle Poor Law Union. Today the area lies within the Gaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne, one of the few remaining Gaeltachtaí, or areas in which the Irish language is still in everyday use.

Heads of Household, 1827-1852 V2.0 The main resource on this page. A compilation of names taken from the Tithe Applotment Books of 1827-1831, a religious census of 1834-1835, and Griffith's Valuation of 1851-1852.

Surname Distribution, 1834-1835 - A survey of the relative frequency and geographical distribution of surnames appearing on the 1834-1835 religious census.

Irish Language Town Names- Names of Ballyferriter townlands in the Irish language, with translations.

Mansfield surname in Ballyferriter Church Records

Lord Ventry - An excerpt from "The Complete Peerage", giving the history of the English family of nobles that owned much of the Dingle Peninsula.

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Irish Language Town Names in Kilmalkedar parish

For each townland listed below, the Irish name is given, as well as a possible translation of the Irish name, where known.

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Mansfield Surname in Ballyferriter Church

This data on baptisms and marriages in Ballyferriter Church were compiled by William Mansfield.

Marriages