Ballyhogue or Ballyhoge () is a village and

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County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

, Ireland. The village, which lies in a

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and

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of the same name, had a population of 255 people as of the 2022 census. It is 10 km south of

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains and Ireland's longest beach, Curracloe. The Plac ...

. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ecclesiastical sites and the remains of a

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to the south of the village. Some sources associate the ruined church of St. John, and its nearby graveyard, with the

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. The local

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church, Bellevue church, was built between 1858 and 1860. Depending on the sources, the designs of the church are attributed to either

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(1812–1852), his son

Edward Welby Pugin Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton. His father was an architect in the Gothic Revival style, and after his early death in 1 ...

(1834–1875), or architect

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(1817–1882). Ballyhogue National School, also known as Scoil Mhuire National School, had an enrollment of 17 pupils as of 2024.

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{{coord, 52.4143, -6.5752, region:IE, display=title Towns and villages in County Wexford

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