Ballyphehane

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Ballyphehane (Population: 1622) is a suburb in the south of Cork in Ireland. It is one of the oldest suburbs in Cork and was created as part of a per-World War II initiative to create a model community in Cork.

1 History
2 Notable Buildings and Geography
3 Schools
4 References

[edit] History

From the late 1940s, Cork Corporation commenced development of extensive housing schemes in the area as part of a slum clearance program. Initially 200 houses were planned on 28 acres of land before World War II.

No construction took place during the war. In 1948 the first houses were built in Botanic road and Kent road.

Between 1948 and 1993, a total of 11 housing schemes totalling 1,316 dwellings were built by Cork Corporation in the Ballyphehane area. It is significant that many of the roads built at that time were named after the main participants of the Easter 1916 Rising rising in Dublin. Roads such as the aforementioned Kent, Connolly, and Pearse were named after heroes of the time.

The layout and planning has come in for much praise for the open green spaces and facilities. It is primarily a residential area with some business premises located in shopping areas near to the Church of the Assumption.

[edit] Notable Buildings and Geography

Musgrave Park is located in Ballyphehane and is home to Dolphin and Sunday's Well Rugby teams, and it is also one of the two homes of Munster Rugby the other being Thomond Park in Limerick.

Ballyphehane is geographically bordered by the Lough Parish, South Parish, Douglas/Frankfield, and Turners Cross. The Tramore river flows through the parish. The Church of the Assumption| is the Roman Catholic church in the parish. The parish also includes Cork International Airport. The local Scout troop, at the heart of the community is the 2nd Cork (St. Finbarr's) Scouting Ireland, which meets on Doyle Road, not to be confused with the 2nd Cork (St. Fin Barre's Cathedral).

Ballyphehane has a renovated library located on Tory Top Road which was opened in 2005 replacing the previous library which was in service since 1974. The library is situated next to the local community hall which adjoins Tory Top Park and its sports pitches which hosts mainly juvenile games.

[edit] Schools

There are several schools in the area, Maria Assumpta Girls National School, Presentation Secondary School, run under the aegis of the Presentation Sisters cater for the girls of the area. While Réalt na Maidine (Morning Star) National School is the primary school for boys. A co-educational Gaelscoil, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa is also located near Ballyphehane Community Centre and the famous CF Lennox's traditional fish and chip shop.