Ballyvolane Baile Uí Mhaoláin | |
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Suburb | |
_(cropped).jpg) Shopping centre in Ballyvolane | |
  Ballyvolane Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:51°55′01″N8°26′49″W / 51.917°N 8.447°W /51.917; -8.447 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W692739 |
Ballyvolane (Irish:Baile Uí Mhaoláin)[1] is a townland and suburb ofCork on the north side of the city. The townland of Ballyvolane is in thecivil parish of St. Anne's Shandon.[2] It is within theCork North-Central Dáil constituency.
The two schools in Ballyvolane are St. Aidan's Community Community College and Scoil Oilibhéir, and the local Roman Catholic Church is Saint Oliver's, built in the 1990s.[3] Nearby archaeological sites, protected under theNational Monuments Acts, include a number ofburnt mounds andfulacht fiadh.[3][4][5]
Ballyvolane Shopping Centre is anchored byDunnes Stores and first opened in 1980.[6]
In June 2012, several households in the area were damaged byflooding.[7]
Townland of BALLYVOLANE (Cork By.); No: CO074-131, Class: Burnt mound, No: CO074-132, Class: Burnt mound, No: CO074-172, Class: Fulacht fia
In Cork city, business owners and residents in both Douglas and Blackpool suffered serious damage [..] while householders in Glanmire and Ballyvolane were also flooded