Trabolgan Holiday Village
Holiday village in County Cork, Ireland
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Trabolgan (Irish: Trá Bholgan, meaning 'strand of Bolgan') is a self catering holiday village on a 140-acre (0.57 km2) site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland.[1][2] The holiday camp was registered on 1 May 1984[3] and officially opened on 29 June 1985.
| Trabolgan Holiday Village | |
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 Panorama of the amenities centre at Trabolgan Holiday Village | |
  Trabolgan Holiday Village | |
| Location | Whitegate, Midleton, County Cork |
| Coordinates | 51.798691°N 8.235810°W |
| Subsequent names | Trabolgan |
| Campus size | 140 acres (0.57 km2) |
| Residences | 344 |
| Restaurants | 2 |
| Facilities | Indoor sports complex, an indoor swimming pool |
| Established | 29 June 1985 |
| Website | www |
History
Roche family
Trabolgan House was the seat of the Roche dynasty from the middle of the seventeenth-century up until 1880, when the family was forced to sell the house and most of the Trabolgan Estate.[1][4][5] The head of the Roche family was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Fermoy in 1856, when Edmond Burke Roche was created the 1st Baron Fermoy.[1][4][5] Trabolgan House itself was largely rebuilt in the Georgian style circa 1780, with the house being significantly extended during the nineteenth-century.[2][5]
Pontin's Trabolgan
Trabolgan was first opened as a holiday camp in 1948 by Pontin's, which built over 100 chalets, a dance hall and an outdoor swimming pool. The development was initially successful at attracting British holiday-makers.[6]
Scoil na nÓg
Trabolgan was not successful in the longer term however, and it was converted into a boy's boarding school, Scoil na nÓg, operated by Gaedhealachas Teo from 1959 to 1973.[6]
Trabolgan Holiday Village
In 1975, the Trabolgan estate was purchased by a Dutch Coal and Metal Industry Pension Fund and a small holiday development consisting of 30 houses, bar and clubhouse was opened in 1980, catering mainly for the continental market. The decision to extend the village to include a Main Centre and a wide range of facilities was taken in 1983, and building was completed in 1985; the village was officially opened on 29 June 1985 by Michael McNulty, the Director General of Bord Fáilte, and W.L. Van Leeuwen, the Director of Trabolgan Homes.[6] The site changed hands several times, and was put up for sale in 2000[7] and purchased by Trevor Hemmings in 2002 to operate as Trabolgan Holiday Village.[8]