Ballyragget (Irish: Béal Átha Ragad, meaning 'Mouth of Ragget's Ford')[2] is a small town on the river Nore in the north of County Kilkenny in Ireland.

[1] The name 'Ragget' is Anglo-Norman in origin, and denotes a once-prominent Norman landowner Richard le Ragget who held these lands in the early part of the 13th century.

[7] The River Nore flows beside the town, which nestles in a wide alluvial valley between the Attanagh Plateau and several hills to the east, including 'Knockmannon' and 'The Balla boys'.

The Nore passes by one of the most significant ancient sites in North Kilkenny 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Ballyragget at Rathbeagh.

To the north lies the town of Durrow in County Laois, to the south the River Nore flows on towards Kilkenny City.

[citation needed] The majority of residents in Ballyragget are nominally Roman Catholic, although there are minority Protestant and non-religious populations.