Ballinadee
# Ballinadee

Ballinadee (Irish: Baile na Daibhche) is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies in the parish of Courceys, approximately 12 km by road west of Kinsale and 9 km south east of Bandon. Ballinadee is on the banks of the River Pound, which flows into the River Bandon, and has a school, two churches and two pubs.

## Built heritage

Ballinadee Church, the local Anglican (Church of Ireland) church, has been in the centre of the village since 1759. There is also a large flour mill building nearby, which dates to c. 1800 and which was described in Samuel Lewis's 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as a "mill of great power, which was much improved in 1836".

## Sport

Courcey Rovers GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinspittle and Ballinadee. De Courcey Albion is the local soccer club, also based in Ballinspittle and Ballinadee.

## People

* Liam Deasy (1896–1974), Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, was from the area.
* Tom Hales (1892–1966), Irish Republican Army volunteer and politician, was also born near Ballinadee.
