Ballinacurra, County Cork
| Ballinacurra Irish: Baile na Cora | |
| County Cork | |
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 Converted warehouse buildings at Ballinacurra | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W886720 |
| Location: | 51°54’-0"N, 8°10’0"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork East |
Ballinacurra is a small harbour village on the outskirts of Midleton, County Cork. It is about eleven miles south east of Cork city. The name of the place is from the Irish Baile na Cora, meaning 'Town of the weir'.[1]
The village stands at the confluence of the Owenacurra River and the east channel of Cork Harbour. It served as the port for the town of Midleton, which is a mile north of Ballinacurra, for centuries and became a loading and unloading point for coal, timber, iron and slate and later flax for the linen industry.
The port of Ballinacurra closed in 1962 as it was deemed too expensive to dredge the growing levels of silt and mud at the entrance to the small harbour. It is now used mainly for small leisure boats.
The man who is believed to have discovered Antarctica in 1820, Edward Bransfield, and from whom the Bransfield Strait in named, was born and raised in Ballinacurra.[2]
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References
- ↑ Baile na Cora/Ballinacurra: Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie)
- ↑ "Edward Bransfield: the Corkman who discovered the Antarctic". Irish Times. 8 April 2017. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/edward-bransfield-the-corkman-who-discovered-the-antarctic-1.3034958. Retrieved 29 July 2018.