placenamesBallydahin
Baile Dáithín
Ballydahin, locally Ballydaheen, grew beside Mallow’s Blackwater crossing and later gained a major twentieth-century parish church.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Dáithín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballydahin · English · main form
- Ballydaheen · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A suburb across the Blackwater
Samuel Lewis described Ballydaheen in 1837 as Mallow’s suburb on the opposite bank of the Blackwater. A stone bridge connected it with the main town, and it had recently been included within the borough. The new parliamentary boundary also embraced the village. These references place Ballydahin within Mallow’s nineteenth-century expansion while preserving its identity as a settlement separated from the town centre by the river. [2]
A bridge built in two periods
Mallow Bridge retains two distinct phases of construction. Its four northern arches belong to a bridge of 1712; the four southern arches date from 1856 and are both wider and higher. Dressed limestone, projecting keystones and rounded cutwaters give the crossing much of its character. The differences in the arches and masonry make the rebuilding legible in the structure itself, which continues the historic link between Ballydahin and central Mallow. [3]
The Church of the Resurrection
In 1963 the parish decided to build a church for the expanding population south of the Blackwater. Kate O’Leary donated a two-acre site, and architect J. R. Boyd Barrett designed a fan-shaped building seating about a thousand people, with clear views towards the altar. Bishop John Ahern laid its foundation stone in September 1966 and blessed the completed church in December 1968. Further work preceded its solemn dedication in September 1991. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Civil parish
- Mallow
- Within
- Ballydahin
- Coordinates
- 52.13224, -8.64263 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412743 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballydahin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mallow, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
- Mallow Bridge, architectural inventory 20816010 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Our Churches: Church of the Resurrection · Mallow Parish
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.