Mayfield, historically Ballinamought, is a suburb on the north-side of Cork City, Ireland. Mayfield is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. The area was originally called Baile na mBocht in Irish and Anglicised as "Ballinamought". A number of works, including those of etymologist and historian Patrick Weston Joyce, translate Baile na m…Mayfield, historically Ballinamought, is a suburb on the north-side of Cork City, Ireland. Mayfield is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. The area was originally called Baile na mBocht in Irish and Anglicised as "Ballinamought". A number of works, including those of etymologist and historian Patrick Weston Joyce, translate Baile na mBocht as "town of the poor ". Other sources translate it as "town of the sick", as the area was reputedly the site of a medieval leper colony. A path leading from the area towards the river, known in Irish as Siúl na Lobhar is known in English as "Lover's Walk".
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