Ballyhooley
Ballyhooley
Baile Atha Hulla | |
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Village | |
 The weir on the Munster Blackwater. | |
| Nickname: The Ford of the Apple | |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Elevation | 236 ft (72 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Village | 5,873 |
| • Urban | 2,275 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W808987 |
Ballyhooley (from Irish: Baile Atha Hulla: meaning "ford of the apples") is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the Blackwater River between the towns of Fermoy and Castletownroche.[1] Castle Ballyhooley, a 17th-century manor house outside of the town, was the site of a well-known skirmish during the Irish Civil War, known as the "Ballyhooley Massacre," despite the fact that only one person was killed. Ballyhooley is also the subject of the novel The Ghost of Ballyhooley 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. This book tells the interesting story of the village of Ballyhooley.