Trabolgan Holiday Village
{{Short description|Holiday village in County Cork, Ireland}}
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Trabolgan ({{Irish place name|Trá Bholgan}}, meaning 'strand of Bolgan') is a self catering holiday village on a {{convert|140|acre|km2|adj=on}} site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland. 'Trabolgan: A corker of a weekend' (Irish Independent, 22 August 2009). https://m.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/trabolgan-a-corker-of-a-weekend/26560870.html Archiseek: 1780s - Trabolgan, Whitegate, Co. Cork (This article erroneously says that the Roche family held the title 'Earl of Fermoy'; they actually held, and still hold, the title Baron Fermoy). https://www.archiseek.com/2022/1780s-trabolgan-whitegate-co-cork/ The holiday camp was registered on {{start date|1984|5|1|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Trabolgan-Holiday-Centre-Limited-100927|title=Trabolgan Holiday Centre Ltd {{!}} Irish Legal & Business Services Company & Director Check|website=www.solocheck.ie|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04}} and officially opened on {{Start date|1985|6|29|df=y}}.
History
=Roche family=
Trabolgan House was the seat of the Roche dynasty from the middle of the seventeenth-century up until 1880, when the family was forced to sell the house and most of the Trabolgan Estate. Landed Estates: Roche (Trabolgan). https://landedestates.ie/estate/2694 House Histree: Trabolgan. https://househistree.com/houses/trabolgan The head of the Roche family was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Fermoy in 1856, when Edmond Burke Roche was created the 1st Baron Fermoy. Trabolgan House itself was largely rebuilt in the Georgian style circa 1780, with the house being significantly extended during the nineteenth-century. Trabolgan House was demolished in the early 1980s. Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: 1st Baron Fermoy. https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2019/12/1st-baron-fermoy.html?m=1
=Pontin's Trabolgan=
Trabolgan was first opened as a holiday camp in 1948 by Pontin's, which built over 100 chalets, a dance hall and an outdoor swimming pool. The development was initially successful at attracting British holiday-makers.
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=Trabolgan Holiday Village=
In 1975, the Trabolgan estate was purchased by a Dutch Coal and Metal Industry Pension Fund and a small holiday development consisting of 30 houses, bar and clubhouse was opened in 1980, catering mainly for the continental market. The decision to extend the village to include a Main Centre and a wide range of facilities was taken in 1983, and building was completed in 1985; the village was officially opened on {{Start date|1985|6|29|df=y}} by Michael McNulty, the Director General of Bord Fáilte, and W.L. Van Leeuwen, the Director of Trabolgan Homes.{{cite web|url=https://www.trabolgan.com/Top-menu/About-Us/History-of-Trabolgan.aspx|title=History of Trabolgan|website=trabolgan.com}} The site changed hands several times, and was put up for sale in 2000{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/trabolgan-complex-put-on-the-market-with-20m-plus-price-tag-1.1110796 |title=Trabolgan complex put on the market with £20m-plus price tag |first=Jack |last=Fagan |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=18 October 2000 |accessdate=7 May 2017}} and purchased by Trevor Hemmings in 2002 to operate as Trabolgan Holiday Village.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/leisuresavvy-briton-plotting-a-sequel-to-trabolgans-fairytale-25912822.html |title=Leisure-savvy Briton plotting a 'sequel' to Trabolgan's fairytale |first=Catherine |last=Troy |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=4 May 2004 |accessdate=7 May 2017}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.trabolgan.com/ Trabolgan Holiday Village homepage]
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