Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames database
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Verified 2019-11-07. is a small village in north

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situated along the N72 between

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and

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. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, community centre and petrol station with shop. During the

Celtic tiger The "Celtic Tiger" ( ga, An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of the Republic of Ireland, economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment. ...

, several housing estates were attached to the village. Ballyhooly is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.

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 The Irish Civil War ( ga, Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United ...

, 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.

References

Towns and villages in County Cork Civil parishes of County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub