placenamesBallintemple
Baile an Teampaill
An early school and an agricultural show programme illuminate everyday connections between Ballintemple and the expanding city.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Teampaill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballintemple · English · main form
Place & story
A school linked with Saint Michael’s
Samuel Lewis recorded a schoolhouse built at Ballintemple in 1836, connected with Saint Michael’s chapel. His account placed it within the wider Blackrock district of Saint Finbar’s parish. It gives a dated reference to education in the village before the railway and the later growth of Cork’s suburbs. [2]
Arriving at the agricultural show
The Munster Agricultural Society’s programme for its summer show of 8 and 9 July 1913 advertised frequent trams stopping a minute’s walk from the new entrance at Ballintemple. The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway also promised frequent trains to the show yard on both days. Horse, cattle, sheep, poultry, butter and honey classes appeared alongside jumping competitions. The programme links the village entrance with a large gathering drawing exhibitors and visitors through Cork’s transport network. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Cork
- Civil parish
- Saint Finbar's
- Coordinates
- 51.86846, -8.49866 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 13735 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballintemple. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Blackrock, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland1837 · Samuel Lewis
- Munster Agricultural Society Summer Show programme8–9July1913 · Munster Agricultural Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.