Ballinacurra, County Cork
- Ballinacurra, County Cork
Ballinacurra ("Baile na Cora" in Irish meaning "Town of the Weir") is a small harbour village on the outskirts of Midleton, County Cork. It is about 20 miles east of Cork city.
The village grew up around the where the Owenacurra River meets the east channel of Cork Harbour. It served as the port for the town of Midleton, which is less than 2km north of Ballinacurra, for centuries and became a loading and unloading point for coal, timber, iron and slate and later flax for the linen industry. The port of Ballinacurra closed in 1962 as it was deemed to expensive to dredge the growing levels of silt and mud at the entrance the small harbour. It is now used almost exclusively for small leisure boats. [ [http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/corkimages/other-ballinacurra.shtml Ballinacurra,] Cork Past and Present.]
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