Ballygarvan, County Cork

Ballygarvan (Irish: Baile Garbháin)[2] is a village in County Cork, Ireland.

[3][4] Facilities in Ballygarvan include a Catholic church, a primary school, a public house, a hairdresser, and a creche.

[3] Ballygarvan GAA club won the Cork Junior Hurling Championship in 2004 and 2014.

In 1921 the village school was burned down by British forces following an IRA ambush in nearby Ballinhassig.

[5][6] Notable local residents have included GAA patron Liam MacCarthy (after whom the Liam MacCarthy Cup is named), Cork footballer Ger Spillane, hurler Stephen White and camogie player Emer Dillon.