Quarry becomes fishing lake for imaginative holiday homes scheme

IF life gives you lemons, make lemonade — and if you have a massive hole in the ground left after years of quarrying, then flood it, create a fishery.

That’s what the owners of 36 acres of land near Cecilstown, Mallow in Cork did, and the fish came flocking, so to speak.

Ballyhass Lakes opened as a commercial fishery (rainbow and brown trout) in 1998, with 14 acres of crystal-clear water, boats and rods for hire, a tackle shop and tuition all on hand.