Know your Townland: Ballyhoo

Know your Townland                   
This week our Gaultier townland of choice is Ballyhoo.

Did you know that there is a townland named Ballyhoo bordering Waterford City’s Outer Ring Road.
The Irish name for Ballyhoo is Baile Hú. Canon Power gives it as Baile Húgh – “Hugh’s Homestead.
Ballyhoo has an area of:
• 1,227,616 m² / 122.76 hectares / 1.2276 km²
• 0.47 square miles
• 303.35 acres / 303 acres, 1 rood, 16 perches
Ballyhoo borders the following other townlands:
• Ballindud (Gaultier) to the east
• Ballycashin (Middlethird) to the west
• Carriganard (Gaultier) to the west
• Duagh (Middlethird) to the south
• Kilbarry (Gaultier) to the north
• Knockeen (Middlethird) to the west
• Lacken (Gaultier) to the east

In the 1901 census there were 16 people living in the townland.

In the 1911 census there are 12 people living in the townland.

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