Ballyguyroe (
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
''Baile an Ghaill Rua'', Town of the Red Foreigner/Frenchman/Norman. Spellings also in use: ''Ballinguyroe'' and ''Ballinguiroe''. Pronounced locally as ''"Ballinguyroo"''), North and South are rural townlands of
Farahy in the southern foothills of the
Ballyhoura Mountains in north
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 a ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
.
The local economy is largely agriculture and forestry.
The area came into prominence as the proposed location by the
Greenstar company for its planned dump
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- a proposal defeated by the locality at An Bord Pleanála
(; meaning "The Planning Board"; ABP) is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial body that decides on appeals from planning decisions made by local authorities in the Republic of Ireland. As of 2007, An Bord Pleanála directly decided major ...
in 2004 and 2008.
References
External links
Griffith's Valuation Ballyguyroe North
Griffith's Valuation Ballyguyroe South
Townlands of County Cork
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