Ballylickey
Béal Átha Leice | |
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Village | |
 Bridge at Ballylickey | |
  Ballylickey Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′30″N 9°26′13″W / 51.72500°N 9.43694°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Ballylickey or Ballylicky ( Irish: Béal Átha Leice) [1] [2] is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey.
Tourism
There is a caravan park at Eagle Point. [3] [4] The Seaview Hotel is also located in the area.[ citation needed]
The area's most prominent building is Ballylickey House, owned by the Graves family for generations and in modern times a hotel [5] and Michelin-starred restaurant. [6]
People
- Philip Graves, journalist and exposer of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a hoax [7]
- Ellen Hutchins, botanist [8]
- Jeanne Rynhart, sculptor of the Molly Malone statue [9]
See also
References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland. Béal Átha Leice Verified 2011-02-09.
- ^ "Béal Átha Leice/Ballylicky". logainm.ie.
- ^ "Parks". Camping Ireland.
- ^ Ballylickey – Sheep's Head Way, West Cork
- ^ "Ballylickey Manor House". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
- ^ "Michelin Maps & Guides: maps, atlas, travel guides, Michelin Guide". Michelinonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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"The Graves Family in Ireland". Archived from
the original on 1 July 2010.
He was the London Times correspondent ... contributed to the exposure of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as forgeries.
- ^ "Hutchins, Ellen". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/59319. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Unveiling of statue at Town Park". independent.ie. The Kerryman. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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