Ballyhogue
| Ballyhogue | |
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S970301 |
| Location: | 52°24’51"N, 6°34’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 255 (2022) |
| Local Government | |
Ballyhogue or Ballyhoge is a village in County Wexford, in a townland and civil parish of the same name, had a population of 255 people as of the 2022 census. The village is to be found six miles south of Enniscorthy.
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ecclesiastical sites and the remains of a hillfort to the south of the village.[1] Some sources associate the ruined church of St. John, and its nearby graveyard, with the Knights Hospitaller.[2]
The local Roman Catholic church, Bellevue church, was built between 1858 and 1860.[3] Depending on the sources, the designs of the church are attributed to either Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), his son Edward Welby Pugin (1834–1875), or architect James Joseph McCarthy (1817–1882).[3][4]
Ballyhogue National School, also known as Scoil Mhuire National School, had an enrollment of 17 pupils as of 2024.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "IR1119 Ballyhoge, Wexford". https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/?query=Atlas_of_Hillforts_4166_0,Main_Atlas_Number,1119. Retrieved 10 October 2021. "Near the modern village of Ballyhoge, a triangular inland promontory fort [..] is positioned on the W side of a broad spur between the River Slaney and a small tributary"
- ↑ "Ballyhogue and the Knights Hospitallers". https://breeheritage.com/2015/07/13/ballyhogue-and-the-knights-hospitallers/. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bellevue, Ballyhoge, Wexford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15703207/bellevue-ballyhoge-wexford. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ "Co. Wexford, Bellevue (Ballyhogue)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. https://www.dia.ie/works/view/10546/building/CO.+WEXFORD%2C+BELLEVUE+%28BALLYHOGUE%29. "Sometimes attributed to A.W.N. Pugin [..] but chapel commission could possibly have been inherited by [James Joseph] McCarthy or Edward Welby Pugin"
- ↑ "SN Mhuire, Ballyhogue Bree Enniscorthy Co. Wexford". Department of Education. 22 January 2024. https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/pa89ju-dtvuyn-/. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ "Ballyhogue National School Website". Ballyhogue National School. http://ballyhoguens.scoilnet.ie/blog/2018/09/03/general-school-information/. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- Baile Uí Cheog / Ballyhoge: Placenames Database of Ireland
