Ballinadee

Ballinadee Baile na Daibhche
Village
Ballinadee village
Ballinadee Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°42′43″N 8°37′37″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	W567512

Ballinadee (Irish: Baile na Daibhche) is a village in County Cork, Ireland.[1] It lies in the parish of Courceys, approximately 12 km by road west of Kinsale and 9 km south east of Bandon. Ballinadee is on the banks of the River Pound, which flows into the River Bandon, and has a school, two churches and two pubs.^[citation needed] The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[1]

Built heritage

Ballinadee Church, the local Anglican (Church of Ireland) church, has been in the centre of the village since 1759.[2] There is also a large flour mill building nearby, which dates to c. 1800 and which was described in Samuel Lewis's 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as a "mill of great power, which was much improved in 1836".[3]

Sport

Courcey Rovers GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinspittle and Ballinadee.[4] De Courcey Albion is the local soccer club, also based in Ballinspittle and Ballinadee.^[citation needed]

People

• Liam Deasy (1896–1974), Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, was from the area.[5]
• Tom Hales (1892–1966), Irish Republican Army volunteer and politician, was also born near Ballinadee.[6]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Baile na Daibhche / Ballinadee". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
2. "Ballinadee, Ballinadee, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
3. "Ballinadee Mill, Ballinadee, Ballinadee, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. "Courcey Rovers beaten after extra time in intermediate decider by Kilmoyley of Kerry". echolive.ie. The Echo. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022. the Ballinspittle/Ballinadee side
5. Kearns, Sean. "Deasy, Liam". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
6. Cronin, Maurice. "Hales, Thomas (Tom)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 April 2019.