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Ballinacurra ( meaning "Town of the Weir") is a small harbour village on the outskirts of Midleton, County Cork. It is about 18kmsouth east of Cork city. The village lies at the confluence of the Owenacurra River and the east channel of Cork Harbour. It served as the port for the town of Midleton, which is less than 2km north of Ballinacurra, for centuries and became a loading and unloading point for coal, timber, iron and slate and later flax for the linen industry. The port of Ballinacurra closed in 1962 as it was deemed too expensive to dredge the growing levels of silt and mud at the entrance to the small harbour. It is now used almost exclusively for small leisure boats.〔 (Ballinacurra ), Cork Past and Present.〕 The man who is reputed to have discovered Antarctica, Edward Bransfield was born and raised in Ballinacurra. ==See also== * List of towns and villages in Ireland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballinacurra, County Cork」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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