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61a. Ballyhack Castle and the Passage East Ferry and harbour SCENES from Southeast IRELAND The RING OF HOOK - places to visit The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford Ring of Hook Index * SEARCH Doc's Pic's pages
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Passage East is in Co. Waterford and Ballyhack is in Co. Wexford, so the ferry is an important 'shortcut' crossing point between these two counties of southeast Ireland.
Passage East harbour quays
The ferry coming into Passage East
Leaving Passage East
The wide expanse of the River Suir
The car ferry from Passage East on the western shore of Waterford Harbour (Co. Waterford) to Ballyhack on the eastern shore of Waterford Harbour (Co. Wexford) from which you can set off to tour the Ring of Hook and Hook Head (see page 25. This ferry is really important and saves a lot of driving time and mileage which ensues if you have to drive north to New Ross, cross the River Suir and then drive south to the Hook Peninsular. You don't usually have to wait that long, there are up to 120 crossings a day! The 16th century Ballyhack Castle, a fortified tower house, is straight ahead.
Looking across to Passage East as the ferry from Ballyhack approaches.
Coming into Ballyhack
Ballyhack harbour
Left: The ferry boat F.B.D Tintern Right: Ballyhack Castle is located on a steep slope in a commanding position overlooking the estuary of Waterford Harbour.
Looking across from Ballyhack to Passage East.
Lovely end to the day!
Summer sunset on the ferry at Ballyhack.
A lovely end to a great day out touring the Ring of Hook
Ballyhack Castle
The 16th century Ballyhack Castle, a fortified tower house, is straight ahead.
Right: Ballyhack Castle is located on a steep slope in a commanding position overlooking the estuary of Waterford Harbour. The castle consists of a large fortified tower house probably built ~1450 by the Knights Hospitallers of St John, one of the two great military orders founded at the beginning of the 12th century at the time of the Crusades. (See also 61b. Templetown)
The stone ceiling vaulting in Ballyhack Castle.
The commanding view of the River Suir from the upper floors of Ballyhack Castle.
Ballyhack (Irish: Baile Hac or Baile Each) is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour, which is the estuary of The Three Sisters. Near the waterfront, the village of Ballyhack contains a 15th-century Norman castle or tower house, which belonged to the Knights Hospitallers and Ballyhack Castle was built around 1480, though it is thought the site's use was initially as a Preceptory, as far back as the 12th-century. Ballyhack castle was occupied by Cromwellian forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and was later used as a transportation point for those displaced by the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652. It is from this association that the phrase "Go to Ballyhack" was coined. Ballyhack castle is open to the public, having been partially restored, and displays objects relating to the Crusades, the Normans, and medieval monks. Some the features of the castle that are on view are its dungeon, murder-hole, effigies and oratory. The castle is an Irish National Monument, in state care. The name Ballyhack has been represented in Irish as Baile Hac and Baile Each. The derivation is believed to be from the Irish word for stable, "Seasmhach", and "Baile" meaning town, village, home or settlement. Thus Ballyheack would mean the place or town of the stable. There is also a belief that Ballyhack translates to "Town of Excrement". By Ballyhack Harbour, the village contains a shop, a pub, Old Schoolhouse, and a small quay for fishing boats. The village also features a memorial to those lost at sea, which was unveiled in 2015. A Ferry service operates between Ballyhack and Passage East (County Waterford), over the broad estuary of The Three Sisters. There is also a cemetery located on a height near the edge of the village, which is located on the site of the former Ballyhack Church (Saint James's). The church was closed in the late 1800s, and demolished at some point before 1902. A point of interest in the graveyard includes a record of a Laurence Power, who supposedly died in 1836 at age 170. The school in the village is called St. Catherine's NS and is located on top of Ballyhack Hill. It opened in 1959. 61a. Ballyhack and the Passage East Ferry 61b. Templetown 61c. Hook Head and Hook Lighthouse 61d. Slade Castle and Slade Harbour 61e. Baginbun Beach 61f. Fethard Castle 61g. Tintern Abbey, Saltmills 61h. 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