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(Redirected from Ballygarvan) Village in County Cork, Ireland

Village in Munster, Ireland
Ballygarvan Baile Garbháin
Village
Ballygarvan churchBallygarvan church
Ballygarvan is located in IrelandBallygarvanBallygarvanLocation in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°50′N 8°28′W / 51.833°N 8.467°W / 51.833; -8.467
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Population556
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballygarvan (Irish: Baile Garbháin) is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies 9 km south of Cork City.

The village had a population of 556 inhabitants as of the 2016 census. Occupying the eastern half of Ballinhassig parish, the village lies in the valley between Myrtle Hill and Meadstown Hill, beside the River Owenabue. The village is just off the Cork-Kinsale road with Cork City 9 km to the north. Cork Airport is located 2 km away in the Farmers Cross area.

Facilities in Ballygarvan include a church, a primary school, a public house, a hairdresser, and a creche. The village has a GAA club and playing pitch.

Ballygarvan GAA club won the Cork Junior Hurling Championship in 2004 and 2014. In 1921 the village school was burned down by British forces following an IRA ambush in nearby Ballinhassig.

Notable local residents have included GAA patron Liam MacCarthy (after whom the Liam MacCarthy Cup is named), Cork footballer Ger Spillane, hurler Stephen White and camogie player Emer Dillon.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sapmap area - Settlements - Ballygarvan". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland. Baile Garbháin Verified 2011-02-09.
  3. ^ "Ballygarven". Cork Guide.
  4. "Population".
  5. "Liam MacCarthy Cup and GAA local history". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. "Local History". Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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