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Ballinaglera's community hall carries hub, GAA, walking, older-story and shop/pub-memory notices. Ballinaglera Digital Hub is based at Ballinaglera Community Hall, N41 A2N8, with three desks, kitchen facility, high-speed broadband, free parking and video-conferencing facilities. GEAI says 20 solar panels were installed on the hall roof with LEADER support, and its emergency-hub proposal adds solar power with battery storage, EV charging, rainwater harvesting, backup generation, showers and laundry. The local hall-and-trail rhythm is chair yoga, village clean-up days, Walking for All, a local youth club for resident members and a St Hugh's Well biodiversity walk starting at Ballinaglera Hall. Ballinaglera GAA adds the parish sport line: a recent All County League post had Ballinaglera beating Cloone 0-21 to 0-08, the fixture trail runs through St Hugh Park, Drumreilly, Carrigallen and Blacklion, and upcoming Division 3 listings put Ballinaglera away to Carrigallen on 4 July and at home to Drumreilly on 11 July. The club history says Ballinaglera left Allen Gaels in 1981, serves the rural parish between Lough Allen and Sliabh an Iarainn, and developed Pairc Naomh Aodh with dressing rooms, a training pitch, playground, all-purpose sports hall and gym. The local information page asks for stories, old photos, customs and family histories, and carries village memory around Skerrie Rynn's bar and shop. A Seed Stories evening in the community hall added drawing, remembering, seeds, local food and the Leitrim Environmental Network AGM. Ballinaglera's notices include hall, hub, solar roof, GAA pitch, gym, chair yoga, litter picks, youth club, St Hugh's Well, Lough Allen, Skerrie Rynn's, old photos and parish sport.

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05 Jul 2026 latest
  1. deathsDeath notice: Annie Gallagher (née Rooney) (Ballinaglera)
  2. deathsDeath notice: Jimmy McGrail (Ballinaglera)
  3. planningPlanning application received: renovations to existing building with the proposed construction of a single...
  4. planningPlanning application received: (a) demolish existing agricultural shed (b) construct part two storey/part...
  5. planningRetain house alterations and convert porch to living space
  6. planning1. Permission for Retention of re-located site entrance onto public road and driveway
  7. deathsDeath notice: Brendan Ferguson (Ballinaglera)
  8. planningAgricultural storage shed with effluent tank and concrete apron granted with conditions
  9. leitrim county councilMapping the Holy Wells of Leitrim: New project calls on local volunteers

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Planning

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Retain house alterations and convert porch to living space

Mark O'Sullivan is seeking permission to keep changes he's already made to his house at Greaghnafarna, Ballinaglera. The work includes alterations to the front and side walls, converting an existing porch into living space, and building a new porch on the southern side of the building.

Mark O'Sullivan
File ref: 2660100 · Leitrim County Council
02 Jun 2026 · Leitrim County Council (Planning)

1. Permission for Retention of re-located site entrance onto public road and driveway

Aidan Cullen is seeking permission 1. Permission for Retention of re-located site entrance onto public road and driveway alterations to that previously granted planning permission under planning reference No. 04/310. 2. To construct domestic garage including all ancillary site works necessary to complete the development at Drumnafinnila, Ballinaglera, Co. Leitrim, N41 WD60. Conditional decision…

Aidan Cullen
File ref: 2660073 · Leitrim County Council
11 May 2026 · Leitrim County Council (Planning)

Agricultural storage shed with effluent tank and concrete apron granted with conditions

Declan McGourty has been granted permission to build an agricultural storage shed at Tullyveacan, Ballinaglera, measuring 249 square metres. The shed will provide a calving pen, feeding passage, loose area, and dry bedding area, along with a 2.5m × 2.5m × 1.4m effluent tank and concrete apron. The site is a rural farm holding 1.5km south of Ballinaglera within an Area of Outstanding Natural…

Declan McGourty
File ref: 2660062 · Leitrim County Council
29 Apr 2026 · Leitrim County Council (Planning)

Deaths

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Court Reports

Cases and rulings mentioning Ballinaglera from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.

Carrick-on-Shannon District Court 2026-04-13 Leitrim Observer

Callum Taylor — Jacobswell, Ballinaglera, Co Leitrim

Driving with no insurance, Drink driving, No driving licence, Failing to produce driving licence, Failing to produce insurance
€250 fine on drink driving charge; 3 months suspended for 1 year on no insurance charge; 2 year driving ban for drink driving; 6 year driving ban for no insurance charge
Fine: €250 • Prison: 3 months • Driving ban: 72 months

Callum Taylor, 29, a father-of-three from Ballinaglera, pleaded guilty to driving with no insurance, drink driving, and no driving licence on July 11, 2020 at Acres, Drumshanbo. This was his fourth conviction for driving with no insurance, with 12 previous convictions overall....