Halfway, County Cork

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

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|native_name = {{Irish place name|Leath Slighe}}

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|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = File:Halfway Viaduct, near Ballinhassig, Co, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 78690.jpg

|image_caption = The Halfway Viaduct, on the former Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, sits above the village

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

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|subdivision_name = Ireland

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|subdivision_name1 = Munster

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|subdivision_name3 = Cork

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|population = 252

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Halfway ({{Irish place name|Leath Slighe|no_translate=yes}}) is a village in County Cork, in Ireland. Halfway got its name from being situated approximately halfway between Cork City and Bandon.

Halfway is situated on the L2231, just off the N71, close to the neighbouring village of Ballinhassig. Ballinhassig Garda station is located in Halfway.{{cite web | url = https://www.garda.ie/en/contact-us/station-directory/ballinhassig.html | publisher = An Garda Síochána | website = garda.ie | title = Ballinhassig Garda Station, Halfway, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork | access-date = 23 December 2020 | archive-date = 31 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210331031722/https://www.garda.ie/en/contact-us/station-directory/ballinhassig.html | url-status = live }} Halfway formerly had two pubs; however, there is now only the Ramble Inn pub.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} There is also an angling shop.{{cite web | url = https://tackledirectireland.ie/contact-us/ | publisher = Halfway Angling Centre | website = tackledirectireland.ie | title = Tackle Direct Ireland - Contact Us | access-date = 23 December 2020 | archive-date = 26 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210126174025/https://tackledirectireland.ie/contact-us/ | url-status = live }}

The annual Halfway Vintage Rally, a meeting of vintage car owners and enthusiasts, takes place over one weekend in September.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} Road bowling is sometimes played on the national road between the villages of Halfway and Ballinhassig.{{cite web | url = http://www.irishroadbowling.ie/results.htm | website = irishroadbowling.ie | title = Club Results | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080206142741/http://www.irishroadbowling.ie/results.htm | archive-date = 6 February 2008 | access-date = 5 March 2008 | url-status = live }}

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes several ringforts in the neighbouring townlands of Gortnaclogh, Annagh Beg and Rathroe.{{cite web | url = https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Cork-Manual-1-(1998)-0007.pdf | website = archaeology.ie | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | title = Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 County Cork | date = 1998 | access-date = 4 November 2020 | archive-date = 1 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210901145703/https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Cork-Manual-1-(1998)-0007.pdf | url-status = live }}