Ballinadee () is a village in

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

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. It lies in the parish of

Courceys Courceys is a barony in County Cork on the south coast of Ireland. Its name refers to the Norman ''de Courcy'' family, Barons Kingsale, who ruled the area from the early 13th century. The villages in the parish include Ballinspittle and Ballinad ...

, approximately 12 km by road west of

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...

and 9 km south east of Bandon. Ballinadee is on the banks of the River Pound, which flows into the

River Bandon The River Bandon ( ga, Abhainn na Bandan, from ''ban-dea'', meaning "goddess") is a river in County Cork, Ireland. The Bandon rises at Nowen Hill (one of the Shehy Mountains), to the north of Drimoleague. The river then flows to Dunmanway, be ...

, and has a school, one shop and two pubs.

Built heritage

Ballinadee Church, the local Anglican (

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) church, has been in the centre of the village since 1759. There is also a large flour mill building nearby, which dates to and which was described in Samuel Lewis's 1837 ''

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'' as a "mill of great power, which was much improved in 1836".

Sport

Courcey Rovers GAA Courcey Rovers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the villages of Ballinspittle and Ballinadee in County Cork, Ireland. The club fields both hurling, Gaelic football and camogie teams. It has historically concentrated on hurling. T ...

is the local

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club based in

Ballinspittle Ballinspittle () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Courceys and lies about southwest of Kinsale, on the R600 road. It is near Garrylucas and Garrettstown Blue Flag beaches. The village is a community with new housin ...

and Ballinadee. De Courcey Albion is the local soccer club, also based in Ballinspittle and Ballinadee.

People

Liam Deasy Liam Deasy (6 May 1896 – 20 August 1974) was an Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In the latter conflict, he was second-in-command of the Anti-Treaty forces for a period in ...

(1896–1974),

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officer who fought in the

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and the

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, was from the area. * Tom Hales (1892–1966),

volunteer and politician, was also born near Ballinadee.

References

Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub

Built heritage

Sport

People

See also

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