Ballyhack by the Sea

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Our 2-bedroom beach house available in the sleepy village of Ballyhack, situated on the beautiful Hook Peninsula. The house is within walking distance (less than 9 minutes) to a local pub & shop, 5 min drive to Arthurstown, Ramsgrange and a 10-minute drive to the beautiful beaches along the peninsula, Duncannon, Dollar Bay, and Booley Bay (lots more to discover!). The Car Ferry to Passage East, Waterford, goes from the village of Ballyhack. A new walking trail from Ballyhack to Duncannon includes a beautiful scenic cliff view. A car is highly recommended as it is a steep hill (and walk) from Lower Ballyhack to Upper Ballyhack.

Ballyhack (Irish: Baile Hac or Baile Each) is a small village located in the southwest of County Wexford, in Ireland, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour, the estuary of The Three Sisters. The house is in a quiet estate in Upper Ballyhack - A car is recommended as it is a steep walk from the Village Pub and Shop to Whitewater Estuary. The village contains a 15th-century Norman castle or tower house, which belonged to the Knights Hospitallers and was built around 1480,[4] though it is thought the site's use was initially as a Preceptory, as far back as the 12th century. Cromwellian forces occupied the castle during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and it 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. The castle is open to the public, partially restored, and displays objects relating to the Crusades, the Normans, and medieval monks. Some of the features of the castle that are on view are its dungeon, murder hole, effigies and oratory. The castle is a National Monument in state care. The village contains a shop, a pub, an old schoolhouse, and a small quay for fishing boats. The village also features a memorial to those lost at sea, 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 at a height near the edge of the village, located on the site of the former Ballyhack Church (Saint James's). The church was closed in the late 1800s demolished at some point before 1902. A point of interest in the graveyard includes a record of Laurence Power, who supposedly died in 1836 at age 170. 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.