Ballyvolane | |
Settlement Type: | Suburb |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative area |
Subdivision Name2: | Cork (city) |
Coordinates: | 51.917°N -8.447°W |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Ballyvolane [1] is a townland and suburb of Cork on the north side of the city. The townland of Ballyvolane is in the civil parish of St. Anne's Shandon.[2] It is within the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency.
The two schools in Ballyvolane are St. Aidan's Community Community College and Scoil Oilibhéir, and the local Roman Catholic Church is Saint Oliver's, built in the 1990s.[3] Nearby archaeological sites, protected under the National Monuments Acts, include a number of burnt mounds and fulacht fiadh.[3] [4] [5]
Ballyvolane Shopping Centre is anchored by Dunnes Stores and first opened in 1980.[6]
In June 2012, several households in the area were damaged by flooding.[7]