Ballingeary

Ballingeary (, pronounced ) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.
The village is located within the Muskerry "Gaeltacht" (Irish-speaking area). According to the 2016 census, over 42% of the population speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. It has an active Irish-language summer school, "Coláiste na Mumhan" (College of Munster), which was attended by Thomas MacDonagh in the summer of 1906. It also hosts a yearly agricultural and horticultural show.
The River Lee rises a few kilometres west of the village, at Gougane Barra Park.