Ballinagree Explained

Ballinagree
Native Name:Irish: Baile na Graí
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Rural Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
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:Imperial
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:51.9769°N -8.925°W
Footnotes:In the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. (Aghinagh)

Ballinagree,[1] sometimes Ballynagree, is a small village situated at the foot of the Boggeragh Mountains in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, in the Parish of Aghinagh, which also has Rusheen, Bealnamorive and parts of Carrigadrohid in it. Ballinagree is part of the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency).

Ballinagree and its surrounding area comprise one of the richest areas in northern Europe for Megalithic monuments. It is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Cork city, 10 km north east of Macroom, 6 km west of Rylane, 13 km north west of Coachford, 17 km south east of Millstreet and 20 km west of Blarney.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a number of housing estates were developed, but the properties were not sold; leaving the village with so-called "ghost estates".[2]

It is known as the residence of the subject of the Irish folk song "Thady Quill".

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baile na Graí. Placenames Database of Ireland. Fiontar. 8 December 2014.
  2. News: English . Eoin . Nationwide look shows slow progress on ghost estates . . 16 June 2014 . 1 May 2016.