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{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}}
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'''Ballylickey''' or '''Ballylicky''' ({{Irish place name|Béal Átha Leice}})<ref>Placenames Database of Ireland. [http://www.logainm.ie/8345.aspx Béal Átha Leice] Verified 2011-02-09.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/8333.aspx|title=Béal Átha Leice/Ballylicky|work=logainm.ie}}</ref> is a village on the [[N71 road (Ireland)|N71]] [[national secondary road]] and [[Bantry Bay]] near [[Bantry]], [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The [[Ouvane River]] flows into [[Bantry Bay]] at Ballylickey.

==Tourism==
There is a caravan park at [[Eagle Point, Ballylickey|Eagle Point]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camping-ireland.ie/parks/cork/32-eagle-point-camping.html|title=Parks|work=Camping Ireland}}</ref><ref>[http://livingthesheepsheadway.com/ballylickey Ballylickey – Sheep's Head Way, West Cork]</ref> The Seaview Hotel is also located in the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The area's most prominent building is [[Ballylickey House]], owned by the Graves family for generations and in modern times a hotel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballylickeymanorhouse.com/index.htm  |title=Ballylickey Manor House |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509002955/http://www.ballylickeymanorhouse.com/index.htm |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> and Michelin-starred restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michelinonline.co.uk/travelshop/star-history/2011/rg-roi.htm |title=Michelin Maps & Guides: maps, atlas, travel guides, Michelin Guide |publisher=Michelinonline.co.uk |accessdate=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608165624/http://www.michelinonline.co.uk/travelshop/star-history/2011/rg-roi.htm |archivedate=8 June 2013 }}</ref>

==People==
* [[Philip Graves]], journalist and exposer of ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'' as a hoax<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballylickeymanorhouse.com/history/ |title=The Graves Family in Ireland |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701191603/http://www.ballylickeymanorhouse.com/history/ |archive-date=2010-07-01 |quote=He was the London Times correspondent ... contributed to the exposure of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as forgeries. |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Ellen Hutchins]], botanist<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=59319|title=Hutchins, Ellen}}</ref>
* [[Jeanne Rynhart]], sculptor of the [[Molly Malone]] statue<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/unveiling-of-statue-at-town-park-27386239.html | website = independent.ie | publisher = The Kerryman | title = Unveiling of statue at Town Park | date = 19 August 2009 | accessdate = 12 June 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of archaeological sites in County Cork]]
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland]]

==References==
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{{County Cork}}

[[Category:Towns and villages in County Cork]]


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