Ballybeg is an anglicisation of the Irish language term, Baile Beag, which means "Little Town". The Irish playwright Brian Friel has set many of his works, such as Philadelphia Here I Come!, Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa, in the fictional County Donegal town of Ballybeg. Friel's Ballybeg has often been compared to the village of Glenties, close to where he lived.
Ballybeg is also the name of many small townlands, towns and villages in Ireland, including:
Ballybeg, a townland in County Antrim, Northern IrelandBallybeg Road, a small road between Portglenone and Ahoghill in County Antrim, Northern IrelandBallybeg, a townland in County Carlow, IrelandBallybeg in Clarecastle, County Clare, IrelandBallybeg Priory near Buttevant, County Cork, IrelandBallybeg, a townland in County Down, Northern IrelandBallybeg, a townland in County Laois, IrelandBallybeg, a townland near Strokestown, County Roscommon, IrelandBallybeg, Borrisleigh, County Tipperary, a townland in County TipperaryBallybeg, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern IrelandBallybeg, a suburb of Waterford, IrelandBallybeg, Faughalstown, a townland in Faughalstown civil parish, barony of Fore, County Westmeath, Republic of IrelandBallybeg, Kilcumreragh, a townland in Kilcumreragh civil parish, barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Republic of IrelandBallybeg, a village in County Wicklow, IrelandMany other places called Ballybeg are distributed around Ireland, and in Serbia there is a Ballybeg Mosque, built under the orders of Bali-beg Malkočević around 1521 [1].
