Ballywilliam

{{short description|Village in County Wexford, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Ballywilliam |native_name = {{lang|ga|Baile Liam}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = File:Public House (geograph 6060517).jpg |image_caption = Pub in Ballywilliam |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Leinster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = Wexford |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_urban = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52.4486|-6.8650|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 88 |area_code = 051 |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info =  |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ballywilliam''' (historically also ''Ballyliam'', from {{Irish place name|Baile Liam|Liam's settlement}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/52117.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] (see archival records)</ref> is a village in the west of County Wexford, Ireland. The nearest town is New Ross, {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} to the south west. The village sits on the R731 road.

==History== The village once had its own railway station, which was closed in 1963. Ballywilliam Railway Station was the first railway station in County Wexford. It opened in 1862.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |title=Irish Railway Stations |website=www.railbrit.co.uk}}</ref>

Ballywilliam R.I.C. Barracks was burned during the Irish War of Independence, on 5 April 1920.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Amenities== Today, the village contains an agricultural cooperative, two pubs, and a Garda Station.<ref>[http://www.garda.ie/statlinks/wexford.html Garda Station telephone numbers Wexford/Wicklow Division]</ref><ref>[http://www.irlgov.ie/debates-03/2Apr/Sect10.htm Dáil Debate - 2 April 2003]</ref> Ballywilliam also contains a shop/petrol station.

==Sport== Ballywilliam is home to Shelburne United AFC,<ref>{{cite web|last=Shelburne United |title=Shelburne United AFC Official Website |url=http://www.shelburneunited.com |accessdate=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611205904/http://www.shelburneunited.com/ |archivedate=11 June 2013 }}</ref> a local soccer club that competes in the Wexford and District League, the Wexford and District Schoolboys' League and Wexford and District Women's and Schoolgirls' League.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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Category:Towns and villages in County Wexford