Halfway, County Cork

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Halfway
Irish: Leath Slighe
Village
Halfway Viaduct, near Ballinhassig, Co, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 78690.jpg
The Halfway Viaduct, on the former Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, sits above the village
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Halfway
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°48′07″N8°34′25″W / 51.801967°N 8.573542°W / 51.801967; -8.573542
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Cork
Population
 (2022) [1]
252
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference W605615

Halfway (Irish : Leath Slighe) is a village in County Cork, in Ireland. Halfway got its name from being situated approximately halfway between Cork City and Bandon.

Halfway is situated on the L2231, just off the N71, close to the neighbouring village of Ballinhassig. Ballinhassig Garda station is located in Halfway. [2] Halfway formerly had two pubs; however, there is now only the Ramble Inn pub.[ citation needed ] There is also an angling shop. [3]

The annual Halfway Vintage Rally, a meeting of vintage car owners and enthusiasts, takes place over one weekend in September.[ citation needed ] Road bowling is sometimes played on the national road between the villages of Halfway and Ballinhassig. [4]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes several ringforts in the neighbouring townlands of Gortnaclogh, Annagh Beg and Rathroe. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Halfway". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ballinhassig Garda Station, Halfway, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork". garda.ie. An Garda Síochána. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tackle Direct Ireland - Contact Us". tackledirectireland.ie. Halfway Angling Centre. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Club Results". irishroadbowling.ie. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 County Cork" (PDF). archaeology.ie. National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
A pillbox, dating to The Emergency (1939-1945), sits on the old Cork-Bandon road through Halfway Pill box bunker on the old Cork to Bandon Road (geograph 4855003).jpg
A pillbox, dating to The Emergency (1939-1945), sits on the old Cork–Bandon road through Halfway


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