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Ballygarvan

Baile Garbháin

This placename record identifies an electoral division under Cork city.

Recorded locationBallygarvan51.83648° N · 8.48766° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Baile Garbháin · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballygarvan · English · main form

Place & story

The city portion in local elections

Cork City Council’s guide to the 2024 local elections lists part of Ballygarvan within Cork City South West. It records those local electoral areas as unchanged since 24 May 2019. Parts of Ballincollig, Inishkenny and Ovens appear in the same area. The official placenames database places this Ballygarvan record under Cork city; the council’s use of a part designation does not describe the whole surrounding village or rural district. [2] [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Electoral division
County
Cork
Within
Cork
Coordinates
51.83648, -8.48766
Logainm ID
1437921 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballygarvan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Cork City Electoral Areas, 2024localelectionguide · Cork City Council
  3. Ballygarvan electoraldivision1437921, cityhierarchy · Placenames Database of Ireland, Government of Ireland

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-20. How this page was prepared.