Ballyguyroe ( Irish Baile an Ghaill Rua, [1] Town of the Red Foreigner/Frenchman/Norman. Spellings also in use: Ballinguyroe and Ballinguiroe. Pronounced locally as "Ballinguyroo"), North and South are rural townlands of Farahy [2] in the southern foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in north County Cork, Ireland.
The local economy is largely agriculture and forestry.[ citation needed]
The area came into prominence as the proposed location by the Greenstar company for its planned dump [3] - a proposal defeated by the locality at An Bord Pleanála in 2004 and 2008.[ citation needed]
52°15′26″N 8°30′07″W / 52.25722°N 8.50194°W
Ballyguyroe ( Irish Baile an Ghaill Rua, [1] Town of the Red Foreigner/Frenchman/Norman. Spellings also in use: Ballinguyroe and Ballinguiroe. Pronounced locally as "Ballinguyroo"), North and South are rural townlands of Farahy [2] in the southern foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in north County Cork, Ireland.
The local economy is largely agriculture and forestry.[ citation needed]
The area came into prominence as the proposed location by the Greenstar company for its planned dump [3] - a proposal defeated by the locality at An Bord Pleanála in 2004 and 2008.[ citation needed]
52°15′26″N 8°30′07″W / 52.25722°N 8.50194°W