Ballyvourney
Baile Bhuirne | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 51°56′41.2″N 9°9′47.67″W / 51.944778°N 9.1632417°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Cork |
Irish Grid Reference | W195770 |
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]