Ballyhogue or Ballyhoge (Irish: Baile Uí Cheog)[1] is a village and census town in County Wexford, Ireland. The village, which lies in a townland and civil parish of the same name, had a population of 269 people as of the 2016 census.[2] It is 10 km south of Enniscorthy.

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ecclesiastical sites and the remains of a hillfort to the south of the village.[3] Some sources associate the ruined church of St. John, and its nearby graveyard, with the Knights Hospitaller.[4]

The local Roman Catholic church, Bellevue church, was built between 1858 and 1860.[5] Depending on the sources, the designs of the church are attributed to either Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), his son Edward Welby Pugin (1834–1875), or architect James Joseph McCarthy (1817–1882).[5][6]

Ballyhogue National School, also known as Scoil Mhuire National School, had an enrollment of 26 pupils as of 2021.[7][8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Baile Uí Cheog / Ballyhoge". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ballyhogue (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "IR1119 Ballyhoge, Wexford". Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2021. Near the modern village of Ballyhoge, a triangular inland promontory fort [..] is positioned on the W side of a broad spur between the River Slaney and a small tributary
  4. ↑ "Ballyhogue and the Knights Hospitallers". breeheritage.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Bellevue, Ballyhoge, Wexford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Co. Wexford, Bellevue (Ballyhogue)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. Sometimes attributed to A.W.N. Pugin [..] but chapel commission could possibly have been inherited by [James Joseph] McCarthy or Edward Welby Pugin
  7. ↑ "SN Mhuire, Ballyhogue Bree Enniscorthy Co. Wexford". gov.ie. Department of Education. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ballyhogue National School Website". ballyhoguens.scoilnet.ie. Ballyhogue National School. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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