Wikipedia / Ballylickey
Wikipedia / Ballylickey
Ballylickey or Ballylicky () is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey.
Tourism
There is a caravan park at Eagle Point. The Seaview Hotel is also located in the area.
The area's most prominent building is Ballylickey House, owned by the Graves family for generations and in modern times a hotel and Michelin-starred restaurant.
People
Philip Graves (1876–1953), journalist and exposer of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a hoax
Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815), botanist
Jeanne Rynhart (1946–2020), sculptor of the Molly Malone statue
Seán Ó Sé (1936–2026), Irish traditional singer