Ballyhooly

Ballyhooly Irish: Baile Átha hÚlla
County Cork
Ballyhooly village c.1880
Location
Grid reference:	W729992
Location:	52°8’38"N, 8°23’47"W
Data
Population:	475  (2016)
Local Government
Dáil constituency:	Cork East

Ballyhooly is a small village in north County Cork situated along the N72 road between Castletownroche and Fermoy.

The name of the village is from the Irish 'Baile Átha hÚlla', meaning 'Town of the ford of the apples.

Ballyhooly has several pubs, a church, community centre and petrol station with shop. During the 'Celtic tiger' period, several housing estates were attached to the village.

History

Castle Ballyhooly, a 17th-century manor house outside of the town, was the site of a well-known skirmish during the Irish Civil War, known as the "Ballyhooly Massacre", despite the fact that only one person was killed.

Ballyhooly is also the subject of the novel The Ghost of Ballyhooly by Betty Cavanna, which relates the story of a local girl who disappeared from the castle in the 1890s and was never found. Other books include The Ford of the Apples, which tells the story of the village.