Ballymakeera Explained

Official Name:Ballymakeera
Native Name:Irish: Baile Mhic Íre
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Cork
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:366
Coordinates:51.9356°N -9.1437°W
Elevation M:118

Ballymakeera or Ballymakeery (Irish: Baile Mhic Íre in Irish pronounced as /ˈbˠalʲə vʲɪc ˈiːɾʲə/, meaning "Townland of the Sons of Íre")[2] is a small townland and Gaeltacht village in the civil parish of Ballyvourney, barony of Muskerry West, County Cork, Ireland.

The village, which in turn has postal addresses of Ballymakeera East and Ballymakeera West, forms part of the twin villages of Ballymakeery and Ballyvourney. The village is situated in the valley of the River Sullane on the N22 national primary road. It is within the Muskerry Gaeltacht. Ballymakeera is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

Three Ogham stones are nearby with the somewhat later addition of a Christian shrine to St Abán.[3]

Notable people

The sean-nós singer Elizabeth Cronin lived in the village.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Mapping – Baile Mhic Íre . . . 16 June 2024.
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/11584.aspx Official name: Baile Mhic Íre
  3. Tom Pullman. Photograph of Ogham stones near Baile Mhic Íre 2003-07-23.