placenamesBallyvourney
Baile Bhuirne
Lewis linked the Macroom road with changing use of land along the valley.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Bhuirne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballyvourney · English · main form
Place & story
A route through the parish
Samuel Lewis described a new road from Macroom through the Sullane valley as a busy thoroughfare in 1837. He associated it with land being brought into cultivation and noted further new roads through Ballyvourney parish. Four annual fairs fell on 10 May, 10 July, 10 September and 10 November. His account places transport and periodic trading alongside the parish’s farming landscape. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Coordinates
- 51.93166, -9.16719
- Mapped area
- 107.49 km²
- Logainm ID
- 520 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyvourney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyvourney: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.