Aghabulloge
Achadh Bolg
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Village and parish
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| • Derivation: | Achadh Bolg |
| • Meaning: | "field of the bulge" or "field of the cow" |
Main road through Aghabullogue
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  Aghabulloge Aghabulloge shown within Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°56′42″N 8°48′29″W / 51.945°N 8.808°W / 51.945; -8.808 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Cork |
| Barony | Muskerry East |
AghabullogueorAghabulloge (Irish: Achadh Bolg, meaning 'field of the cow')[1][2] is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry EastinCounty Cork, Ireland. It lies around 30 km (19 mi) west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee.
The parish of Aghabullogue includes the villages of Aghabullogue, Coachford and Rylane. The civil parish consists of 31 townlands.[3]
It has a public house and shop, a national school, community hall and a Roman Catholic church (Saint John's Catholic Church). Saint Olan (or Ólann) is the patron saint of the parish.[4][5]
Aghabullogue Hurling Club won Cork's first All-Irelandin1890.[6]
[Aghabullogue] has overachieved since the dawn of Gaelic games, providing the county with its first All-Ireland hurling title in 1890, when Dan Drew and Pat Buckley were to the fore
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