Ballitore is situated between Kilcullen and Castledermot, just
off the N 9. As you enter the village of Ballitore turn left in
the centre square – the Meeting House is about 200 metres on the
right. Meeting for Worship takes place every Sunday at 11 am.
Ballitore Meeting is part of Co Wexford Monthly Meeting. In 1685
two Quakers decided to settle beside the Griese river, and the
story of Ballitore began. They built wool and flour mills, and
over the next two centuries more Quakers settled and developed
what became known as the “Quaker” village. In 1726 Abraham
Shackleton started the famous school which lasted for over a
century and that numbered Edmund Burke, Paul (later Cardinal)
Cullen and Napper Tandy among its pupils. Last century the
village went into decline, but twenty years ago saw the start of
its revival, and now it is once again attractive, with the old
Meeting House refurbished, and Mary Leadbeater’s house rebuilt
and housing the Library and a small Quaker museum. The museum is
open during the wee