Ballycroy, County Mayo

Ballycroy
Baile Chruaich
Village
View from Ballycroy towards Slievemore
View from Ballycroy towards Slievemore
Ballycroy is located in Ireland
Ballycroy
Ballycroy
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°1′N 9°49′W / 54.017°N 9.817°W / 54.017; -9.817
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Mayo
Population
 (2011)
 • Total663
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballycroy (Irish: Baile Chruaich[1] meaning "town of the stacks", either hay or turf) is a village in the civil parish of Kilcommon in County Mayo, Ireland.[2] It was the location for the 1982 television film The Ballroom of Romance.[3][4] The ballroom used in the film still exists, albeit in a derelict condition, and is located at Doona Cross, west of the village.[5] Ballycroy is home to one of Ireland's National Parks, Wild Nephin (Ballycroy) National Park.[6]

Ballycroy is also the name of two electoral divisions (ED) that form part of the local electoral area of Belmullet.[7][8][9] As of 2011, Ballycroy North ED (containing 16 townlands) and Ballycroy South ED (containing 25 townlands) had a combined population of 663 people, scattered throughout numerous settlements.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Baile Chruaich / Ballycroy". Placenames Commission of Ireland. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Ballycroy, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland". mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Ballycroy". ballycroy.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2012. Ballycroy Attractions
  4. ^ "IMDB listing 'Ballroom of Romance'". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. ^ Boland, Rosita (23 July 2023). "Making The Ballroom of Romance in Co Mayo: 'Even passing it today, I still think I can hear the music in it'". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ "Ballycroy National Park". ballycroynationalpark.ie. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ^ "S.I. No. 435/1998 - County of Mayo Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998". Irish Statute Book. November 1998. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Ballycroy North". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Ballycroy South". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area (PDF). Central Statistics Office. 2011. p. 107.