placenames1901 census
59People recorded
9Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Ballinacurra
Baile an Churraigh
West of Kinsale, Ballinacurra House combines an eighteenth-century centre with later wings and memories of an artist’s travels.
Recorded locationBallinacurra51.71347° N · 8.55593° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Churraigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballinacurra · English · main form
Place & story
A house enlarged in stages
The architectural survey dates Ballinacurra House to about 1770 and cautiously associates its construction with John Swete, High Sheriff of Cork. It passed to the Bleazby family in 1791. Its five-bay, two-storey centre acquired flanking wings: the eastern wing dates from about 1830 and the western from about 1960. The survey recorded sash windows and rounded doorways in 2010. The estate’s own history explains that the west wing replaced stables and garages damaged by a fallen tree. [2] [3]
John Danford’s rooms
Artist and traveller John Danford lived in the east wing after acquiring the property in the 1950s. The house’s historical account describes rooms decorated around different countries and periods, with Italian-style frescoes in the ballroom. It also recalls his connection with the Ardfoyle nuns, who subsequently used Ballinacurra as a summer residence. These recollections concern the Kinsale property, separate from the east Cork port of Ballinacurra. [3]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
56People recorded
9Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Geary 15
- Leader 7
- Sheehan 6
- Bleazby 5
- Coleman 5
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballinacurra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballinacurra House, NIAH 20911142, surveyed 17 September 2010 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- The History of Ballinacurra · Ballinacurra House
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.