Ballylickey
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| Ballylickey Béal Átha Leice |
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 Ballylickey
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| Coordinates: 51°43′30″N 9°26′13″W / 51.725°N 9.43694°WCoordinates: 51°43′30″N 9°26′13″W / 51.725°N 9.43694°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Ballylickey or Ballylicky (Irish: Béal Átha Leice)[1][2] is a village on the N71 national secondary road near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The River Ovane flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey.
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[edit] Tourism
- The area is notable for the Seaview Hotel.
- There is a caravan park at Eagle Point
- The area is renowned for the Ballylickey Manor House Hotel. Now a luxury guest house owned by the Graves family for generations.
[edit] Transport & communications
- Nearest airport Cork Airport
[edit] People
- Philip Graves, journalist and exposer of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a hoax.
- Ellen Hutchins, botanist
[edit] References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland. Béal Átha Leice Verified 2011-02-09.
- ^ http://www.logainm.ie/8333.aspx
[edit] See also
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