• Source: Mayfield, Cork

Mayfield, historically Ballinamought (from Irish Baile na mBocht, meaning 'town of the poor'), is a suburb on the north-side of Cork City, Ireland. Mayfield is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central.




Name


The area was originally called Baile na mBocht in Irish and Anglicised as "Ballinamought". A number of works, including those of etymologist and historian Patrick Weston Joyce, translate Baile na mBocht as "town of the poor [people]". Other sources translate it as "town of the sick", as the area was reputedly the site of a medieval leper colony. A path leading from the area towards the river, known in Irish as Siúl na Lobhar (literally 'Lepers Walk') is known in English as "Lover's Walk".




Geography


Mayfield is bounded to the north by the Glen River Valley, an aquiferous geological formation produced by a receding glacier during the last ice age. Habitats, flora and fauna within the area include the small cudweed and the sand martin, a migratory bird species that returns from North Africa each spring to breed in the porous sand cliffs along sections of the river valley north.




Notable people


Michael Davitt, poet
Dara Murphy, former Lord Mayor of Cork
Roy Keane, Irish footballer, was born and grew up in Mayfield
James Coughlan, Irish rugby union player for Munster
Kieran Murphy, former Cork senior hurling captain




See also


List of towns and villages in Ireland




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Roy Keane
• Mayfield, Cork
• Mayfield
• List of Garda districts
• Cork (city)
• Public transport in Ireland
• Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)
• 2023 Cork Junior A Football Championship
• 2024 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship
• 2015 Cork Intermediate Football Championship
• List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland