During the week, it is served five times a day in each direction by Bus Éireann route 245 linking it to Clonmel, Mitchelstown, Fermoy and Cork.

In the 1700s the village was on the main coach road between Cork and Dublin,[5] this would have led to passing trade and the opportunity for providing boarding houses and inns for travellers.

[6] The biggest single factor for the development and expansion of the village, was the involvement of the Earls of Kingston, the main landlord in the area.

Robert the 2nd Earl is most likely responsible for the village's planned street design, he initiated an ambitious building programme across the estate in the late 1700s.

The first edition Ordnance Survey maps (circa 1840) show the basic layout of the village as it is today encompassing the wide straight main street.

His great-grandfather, Michael Regan (who later changed the spelling of his name), was baptised in the village in 1829[10] and lived there until his emigration to London not later than 1851[10] and ultimately the United States in 1857.

[10] President Reagan visited the village on 3 June 1984 and delivered a speech to its residents, during which he discussed his ancestry and what he called the "Irish-American tradition".

Authorities kept approximately 600 protesters behind barriers on the outskirts of the village on that day, they were not permitted inside until the presidential party had departed.

While the building still stands, the pub closed in 2004 and the following year its fittings and external signage were transferred to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

[12][13] Ballyporeen is home to the singer/songwriter Gemma Hayes whose hits include Hanging Around from her debut album Night on my Side which was released to critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music Prize.