Ballon

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Ballon

Air quality index

28Good

Elevation103 m

Coordinates52.74°, -6.77°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ballon is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Nicholas Aylward Vigors

Irish zoologist and politician (1785–1840)

John Tyndall

Irish physicist (1820–1893)

Finnian of Clonard

Irish saint

Thomas M. Patterson

Union United States Army soldier (1839–1916)

T

Tom Nolan

Irish politician (1921–1992)

Pierce Butler

United States Founding Father, from South Carolina

Bernard Jackman

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

Michael N. Nolan

Irish-born American congressman for New York

Aideen Hayden

Irish politician

A

Andrew Corden

Irish Gaelic football player (1978-2002)

B

Brendan Murphy

Irish Gaelic and Australian rules footballer

D

Daniel Byrne

Irish politician (1885-1952)

D

Denis Donoghue

Irish literary critic, academic, educator, writer

D

Dwaine Kavanagh

Irish hurler

E

Edward Murphy

Canadian politician (1818-1895)

F

Fergal Browne

Irish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Carlow

• Ardattin
  2.8 mi away
• Rathoe
  3.5 mi away
• Myshall
  3.7 mi away
• Fennagh
  3.8 mi away
• Newtown
  4.6 mi away
• Tullow
  4.6 mi away
• Kildavin
  5.2 mi away
• Clonegal
  5.9 mi away
• Nurney
  6 mi away
• Tinryland
  6.6 mi away
• Grange
  6.8 mi away
• Bagenalstown
  8.3 mi away

Browse all places in Carlow →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ballon

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Seen 2026-05-31

field horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Seen 2026-05-30

Common Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa serraticornis

Seen 2026-05-26

Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

Seen 2026-05-25

Golden Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Seen 2026-05-25

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-05-24

Hawthorn Shield Bug

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Seen 2026-05-23

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-05-21

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-05-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ballon, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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