Ballycroy
Baile Chruaich
Village
View from Ballycroy towards Slievemore
View from Ballycroy towards Slievemore
Ballycroy is located in Ireland
Ballycroy
Ballycroy
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°1′N 9°49′W / 54.017°N 9.817°W / 54.017; -9.817
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Mayo
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballycroy (Irish: Baile Chruaich[1] meaning "town of the stacks", either hay or turf) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland.[2] It was the location for the 1982 television film The Ballroom of Romance.[3][4] The actual ballroom used in the film still exists, albeit in a derelict condition, and is located at Doona Cross, west of the village.[5] Ballycroy is home to one of Ireland's National Parks, Wild Nephin (Ballycroy) National Park.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Baile Chruaich / Ballycroy". Placenames Commission of Ireland. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Ballycroy, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland". mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Ballycroy". ballycroy.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2012. Ballycroy Attractions
  4. ^ "IMDB listing 'Ballroom of Romance'". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. ^ Boland, Rosita (23 July 2023). "Making The Ballroom of Romance in Co Mayo: 'Even passing it today, I still think I can hear the music in it'". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ "Ballycroy National Park". ballycroynationalpark.ie. Retrieved 12 August 2012.


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