Ballymakeera
| Ballymakeera Irish: Baile Mhic Íre | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
,_Main_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_756268.jpg) Baile Mhic Íre on the N22 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W213766 |
| Location: | 51°56’10"N, 9°8’44"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork North-West |
Ballymakeera or Ballymakeery is a small townland and Gaeltacht village in the civil parish of Ballyvourney, in the Barony of Muskerry West in County Cork.
The name of the place is from the Irish Baile Mhic Íre meaning "Townland of the Sons of Íre".[1]
The village forms part of the twin villages of Ballymakeery and Ballyvourney. It stands in the valley of the River Sullane on the N22 primary road.
Three Ogham stones are nearby with the somewhat later addition of a Christian shrine to St Abán.[2]
The sean-nós singer Elizabeth Cronin lived in the village.
References
- ↑ Official name: Baile Mhic Íre Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Tom Pullman. Photograph of Ogham stones near Baile Mhic Íre 2003-07-23.