The Paddocks, green and gold
Ballingarry FC is the IYF record for Ballingarry AFC, founded in 1984 and based at The Paddocks in the Limerick Desmond football community.
Ballingarry AFC identity
The club crest uses Ballingarry A.F.C. across the top ribbon, the 19 and 84 date panels, a yellow shield, a football, cross, lion and tower, and the Latin motto “Meritis Augentur Honores”. The club translates the motto as rewards increase with effort.
Green and gold are the club colours. The badge, motto and The Paddocks name give the page a settled identity that is wider than one team or one season.
The Paddocks
Ballingarry AFC plays home football at The Paddocks in Ballingarry, County Limerick. The ground is the practical starting point for parents, players and visiting teams arranging a match day or training visit.
The club’s own ground material connects the venue with the village setting, the playing pitch, clubhouse, stand and later training additions. Use The Paddocks and Ballingarry as the first map search when checking the journey.
Facilities built over time
The Paddocks profile is strong because the club has documented the facilities as they developed. The clubhouse build began in May 1998, with dressing rooms, showers, a meeting room, a match officials room and an upstairs area.
The ground story also includes a spectator stand, an astro training pitch developed in summer 2006, a gymnasium added in 2012 and safety flooring installed in dressing rooms and circulation areas in 2015.
School age pathway
The club site organises underage football from under 8 through under 10 and 11, under 12 and 13, under 14 and 15, under 16 and 17, and youths. That range gives families a clear school age route rather than a single age group listing.
The club also keeps boys representative and girls representative areas, along with FAI summer camps and annual awards. Parents should include the player age and school year when asking where a new player fits.
Girls and ladies football
Ballingarry AFC has a substantial girls and ladies football story. The club was involved from the early years of Limerick Desmond Ladies football, won the first Desmond Ladies Cup in 2006 and records multiple league, cup and double or treble seasons.
For younger girls, that senior tradition matters because it shows a visible route beyond early school age football. It also gives the club a broader football identity than the men’s junior programme alone.
Selected honours and milestones
Ballingarry AFC became Desmond League champions in May 2004, a landmark for the club that had started two decades earlier. The honours archive also includes divisional wins, Desmond Cup success, League Cup success and a Munster Junior Cup Desmond Area win.
The underage honours section covers multiple age groups, including under 10, under 12, under 14 and under 16 awards. Those honours are best read as a broad development record rather than a promise about any current squad.
Governance and welfare
The club publishes welfare and conduct material for child protection, parent and player conduct, managers and coaches, medical bills and player game time concerns. That matters for families because it explains how participation is organised off the pitch as well as on it.
The safety statement sets out Ballingarry AFC as a 1984 club in green and gold, affiliated through the Limerick Desmond Football League, the Football Association of Ireland, Limerick Desmond Ladies League, WFAI and Limerick Desmond school age football.
Planning a visit or first enquiry
Visiting teams should confirm The Paddocks entrance, parking, pitch or astro allocation, dressing rooms, warm up space, arrival time and colours before travelling.
A good first message for a new player should include the player age, school year, whether the enquiry is for girls football, boys football, youths, coaching or volunteering, and the best contact number for follow up.