Ballyvourney

Ballyvourney
Baile Bhuirne
Village
Ruin of former Colthurst residence, The Mills Inn, Ballyvourney
Ruin of former Colthurst residence, The Mills Inn, Ballyvourney
Ballyvourney is located in Ireland
Ballyvourney
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°56′41.2″N 9°9′47.67″W / 51.944778°N 9.1632417°W / 51.944778; -9.1632417
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Irish Grid ReferenceW195770
Baile Bhúirne is the only official name as it is situated in a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area).

Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne [ˌbˠalʲə ˈwuːɾˠn̠ʲə], meaning 'Town of the Beloved', also spelled Baile Mhúirne)[1] is a Gaeltacht village in southwest County Cork, Ireland. Ballyvourney is also a civil parish in the barony of Muskerry West, and an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.[2] The village is part of the Cork North-West Dáil Constituency.[3]

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Official website of the Diocese of Cloyne. List of 46 parishes
  3. ^ "Map D. Cork - Recommended Dáil constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission Report 2017. Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 7 February 2021.