Ballycroy
Baile Chruaich | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°1′N 9°49′W / 54.017°N 9.817°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Mayo |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Ballycroy ( Irish: Baile Chruaich [1] meaning "town of the stacks", either hay or turf) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. [2] It was the location for the 1982 television film The Ballroom of Romance. [3] [4] The actual ballroom used in the film still exists, albeit in a derelict condition, and is located at Doona Cross, west of the village. [5] Ballycroy is home to one of Ireland's National Parks, Wild Nephin (Ballycroy) National Park. [6]
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