Ballyclogh, County Cork

{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Ballyclogh[http://www.logainm.ie/1416556.aspx Ballyclogh/Baile Cloch]. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 April 2014. or Ballyclough ({{Irish place name|Baile Cloch|town of the stones}}) is a small village {{cvt|8|km|0}} outside Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. The name Ballyclogh has its origins in the past abundance of stone quarries in the area. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Ballyclogh is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.

The village has a tower house, built by the Barry family (or Mac Robert-Barry).{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/B/Ballyclough-Orrery-And-Kilmore-Cork.php |title=BALLYCLOUGH, or LAVAN, a parish - from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |publisher=Library Ireland |last=Lewis |first=Samuel |year=1837 |accessdate=2011-10-28}} In 1641 it was forfeit to the Purdon family, who produced a number of politicians, including Sir Nicholas Purdon (died 1678) and his grandsons Bartholomew Purdon and Henry Purdon.Burke's Peerage 107th Edition Delaware 2003 Vol.1 p. 863 While it was surrendered to the Williamites in 1691, the Purdons later regained possession of the tower house. It was largely destroyed by fire soon afterwards, before being renovated during the 19th century. It is now in ruins.{{cite web |url=http://www.castlestories.net/Ireland/County-Cork/Ballyclogh-Castle.html |title=Irish Castles - Ballyclogh Castle |publisher=Castle Travel Guide |accessdate=2011-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620031106/http://www.castlestories.net/Ireland/County-Cork/Ballyclogh-Castle.html |archive-date=2012-06-20 |url-status=dead }}

The village today has a public house, a local grocer, a community centre, a playground, a funeral chapel and a Catholic church. Ballyclogh has a rich history of farming; Ballyclogh Creamery was founded in the early 1900s and grew to join forces with Mitchelstown Co-op to form Dairygold Co-Op.Ballyclogh Co-op. A History.

The Rev Samuel Hayman (1818–1886) noted that when first mentioned in 1291 it was called "Labane" – meaning the "fair district", and acquired the name Ballyclogh when the local castle was built by the Barry family in 1591.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Another 19th-century antiquarian, the Rev JF Lynch, wrote that "Ballyclogh is named Lathbán in taxation of 1302, and in taxation of 1306 is named Lachbán, and this 'Lathbán' or 'Lachbán' is given as 'Lavan' by Lewis, who names this parish 'Ballyclough or Lavan'".{{cite web|url= http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/northcork/grovewhitenotes/gw1/index.html#/209/zoomed | page= 126 | title=Historical and topographical notes, etc on Buttevant, Castletownroche, Doneraile, Mallow, and places in their vicinity | publisher=Guy & Co, Cork |date=1901 |editor=James Grove White }} An area close to village centre still goes by the name 'Lachbán' - (pronounced Ly-bawn), just west of the 'Smithfield' area and approximately 400 metres from the castle.