Trabolgan Holiday Village is a holiday village

Holiday village

A holiday village is a park, that is developed as a holiday resort in which the visitors stay in villas. There is a central area with shops, entertainment and other amenities. One of the most well known chains of holiday villages is Center Parcs.A holiday village is also a system of club hotels...

, located in County Cork

County Cork

County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 and is situated on a 140 acre (0.5665604 km²) site. Trabolgan was built on a former country estate.

Pontin's Trabolgan

Trabolgan first opened in 1948 by British holiday camp company, Pontin's

Pontin's

Pontins is a British holiday business which was originally founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. It specialises in offering half-board and self-catering holidays with regular entertainment on offer. Accommodation is usually in the form of chalets. The company once grew to be a major operator of...

. For this purpose, over 100 chalets, a dance hall and an outdoor swimming pool were built and was successful at the start and attracted British holiday makers.

Scoil na nÓg

Trabolgan was not successful and was converted into a boy's boarding school, called "Scoil na nÓg".

Trabolgan Holiday Village

In 1975, Trabolgan was purchased from Pontin's and turned into a Holiday Village once again.

External links

• Trabolgan Holiday Village