Ballinacourty

Ballinacourty

Baile na Cúirte
Ballinacourty Baile na Cúirte
Townland
	Ballinacourty lighthouse
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Waterford

Ballinacourty, officially Ballynacourty (Irish: Baile na Cúirte, meaning 'town of the court or Courtown'),^[1] is a rural area and townland on the southern coast of Ireland near Dungarvan, County Waterford.

Transport

A magnesite factory in the area was served by the last remaining part of the Waterford-Mallow railway line until the late 1980s.

Ballinacourty lighthouse, which stands at the entrance to Dungarvan Harbour, was built in 1858.

Sport

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA. The club plays both hurling and gaelic football and competes in both senior codes in the county.

References

^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

External links

52°05′06″N 7°34′01″W / 52.085°N 7.56694°W / 52.085; -7.56694

[1] "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

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