Aghabullogue

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Village and parish in County Cork, Ireland

Aghabulloge Achadh Bolg
Village and parish
Irish transcription(s)
• Derivation:	Achadh Bolg
• Meaning:	"field of the bulge" or "field of the cow"
Main road through Aghabullogue
51°56′42″N 8°48′29″W / 51.945°N 8.808°W / 51.945; -8.808
Country	Ireland
County	County Cork
Barony	Muskerry East

Aghabullogue or Aghabulloge (Irish: Achadh Bolg, meaning 'field of the cow')^[1]^[2] is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. It lies around 30 km (19 mi) west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee.

The parish of Aghabullogue includes the villages of Aghabullogue, Coachford and Rylane. The civil parish consists of 31 townlands.^[3]

It has a public house and shop, a national school, community hall and a Roman Catholic church (Saint John's Catholic Church). Saint Olan (or Ólann) is the patron saint of the parish.^[4]^[5]

Aghabullogue Hurling Club won Cork's first All-Ireland in 1890.^[6]

Notable people

Dan Drew (1863–1923), All Ireland-winning hurler^[6]
Peter Herrmann, social philosopher^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Achadh Bolg / Aghabullogue". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Local Names - Topographical and Personal" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 1. 1 (ii): 212. 1892.
^ "Sub-units of: Achadh Bolg/Aghabulloge". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Archaeological Sites Around Rylane". esatclear.ie. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
^ "Folklore: Irish saints in Cork". irishimbasbooks.com. Irish Imbas Books. 4 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Ó Conchúir, Daragh (9 April 2022). "Aghabullogue's Cliona Healy making all the right moves to nail down starting berth". The Corkman. Retrieved 27 October 2023. [Aghabullogue] has overachieved since the dawn of Gaelic games, providing the county with its first All-Ireland hurling title in 1890, when Dan Drew and Pat Buckley were to the fore