Baile na nGall

Baile na nGall, meaning 'Homestead of the Foreigners' or 'Town of the Foreigners,' sits on the Ring Peninsula in the Gaeltacht region of County Waterford. The name breaks down into baile (townland or homestead) and gall (foreigner), a nomenclature likely reflecting a settlement pattern from the medieval period when foreigners—possibly Norse, Norman, or English settlers—were distinguished in Gae...