Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames database
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, Ireland. It is situated along the N72 between Castletownroche and

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. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, a community centre and a petrol station with a shop. During the

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, several housing estates were attached to the village. Ballyhooly is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.

History

Castle Ballyhooly, a 17th-century manor house outside of the town, was the site of a well-known skirmish during the

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, known as the "Ballyhooly Massacre", despite the fact that only one person was killed. Ballyhooly is also the subject of the novel ''The Ghost of Ballyhooly'' 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'', which tells the story of the village.

References

Towns and villages in County Cork Civil parishes of County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub