Ballyhogue

Ballyhogue or Ballyhoge (Irish: Baile Uí Cheog)[1] is a village and census town in County Wexford, Ireland. The village, which lies in a townland and civil parish of the same name, had a population of 269 people as of the 2016 census.[2] It is 10 km 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.[3] Some sources associate the ruined church of St. John, and its nearby graveyard, with the Knights Hospitaller.[4]

The local Roman Catholic church, Bellevue church, was built between 1858 and 1860.[5] 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).[5][6]

Ballyhogue National School, also known as Scoil Mhuire National School, had an enrollment of 26 pupils as of 2021.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Baile Uí Cheog / Ballyhoge". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. "Ballyhogue (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. "IR1119 Ballyhoge, Wexford". Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. 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
  4. "Ballyhogue and the Knights Hospitallers". breeheritage.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. "Bellevue, Ballyhoge, Wexford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. "Co. Wexford, Bellevue (Ballyhogue)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. Sometimes attributed to A.W.N. Pugin [..] but chapel commission could possibly have been inherited by [James Joseph] McCarthy or Edward Welby Pugin
  7. "SN Mhuire, Ballyhogue Bree Enniscorthy Co. Wexford". gov.ie. Department of Education. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. "Ballyhogue National School Website". ballyhoguens.scoilnet.ie. Ballyhogue National School. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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