Ballyvolane, Cork

Ballyvolane (Irish: Baile Uí Mhaoláin)[1] is a townland and suburb of Cork on the north side of the city, that borders Mayfield, White's Cross, Glenheights and Dublin Hill. The townland of Ballyvolane is in the civil parish of St. Anne's Shandon.[2] Ballyvolane is within the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency.

Ballyvolane

Baile Uí Mhaoláin
Suburb
Shopping centre in Ballyvolane
Ballyvolane
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°55′01″N 8°26′49″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
Administrative areaCork (city)
Irish Grid ReferenceW692739

The two schools in Ballyvolane are St. Aidan's Community Community College and Scoil Oilibhéir, and the local Roman Catholic Church is Saint Oliver's, built in the 1990s.[3] Nearby archaeological sites, protected under the National Monuments Acts, include a number of burnt mounds and fulacht fiadh.[3][4][5]

Ballyvolane Shopping Centre is anchored by Dunnes Stores and first opened in 1980.[6]

In June 2012, several households in the area were damaged by flooding.[7]

Notes
  1. "Baile Uí Mhaoláin / Ballyvolane". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "Ballyvolane Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Townland Index. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. "Historic Environment Viewer - Reg. No. 20859002". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. Report Final March 6th 2017 - County Cork Local Area Plan (PDF). corklocalareaplans.com (Report). Cork County Council. 6 March 2017. p. 166.
  5. The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5. National Monuments Service. 2009. ISBN 9781406424492. Townland of BALLYVOLANE (Cork By.); No: CO074-131, Class: Burnt mound, No: CO074-132, Class: Burnt mound, No: CO074-172, Class: Fulacht fia
  6. Parker, Tony (March 1982). "The Development of Planned Shopping Centres in the Republic of Ireland". Retail and Distribution Management. 10 (2). doi:10.1108/eb018135.
  7. "Flood relief fund extended to Cork". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018. In Cork city, business owners and residents in both Douglas and Blackpool suffered serious damage [..] while householders in Glanmire and Ballyvolane were also flooded
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