Ballycroy, County Mayo
Ballycroy
Baile Chruaich | |
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Village | |
View from Ballycroy towards Slievemore | |
| Coordinates: 54°1′N 9°49′W / 54.017°N 9.817°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 663 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
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Ballycroy (Irish: Baile Chruaich meaning "town of the stacks", either hay or turf) is a village in the civil parish of Kilcommon in County Mayo, Ireland. It was the location for the 1982 television film The Ballroom of Romance. The ballroom used in the film still exists, albeit in a derelict condition, and is located at Doona Cross, west of the village. Ballycroy is home to one of Ireland's National Parks, Wild Nephin (Ballycroy) National Park.
Ballycroy is also the name of two electoral divisions (ED) that form part of the local electoral area of Belmullet. As of 2011, Ballycroy North ED (containing 16 townlands) and Ballycroy South ED (containing 25 townlands) had a combined population of 663 people, scattered throughout numerous settlements.