Ballina (Mayo)
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Ballina Béal to Átha |
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 St. Muredach's Cathedral on the banks of the River Moy |
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| coat of arms | Location in Ireland | ||
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| County : | Mayo | ||
| Province : | Connacht | ||
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| Residents : | 10,361 (2011) | ||
| Height : | 7 m above sea level NHN | ||
| Telephone code : | +353 (0) 96 | ||
| Official Website: | www.ballinatc.ie | ||
Ballina ( Irish : Béal an Átha or older Béal Átha an Fheadha ) is the metropolis of the Moy Valley in the northeast of County Mayo in the province of Connacht in Ireland and has 10,354 inhabitants (as of 2011). It is the second largest city in Mayo. Ballina belongs to the Barony of Tyrawley , is a post office, and her port is at the end of the funnel-shaped Killala Bay , deep in the country.
The original name was Belleek ( Béal Leice , "mouth of the flat stones "). The present site was founded in 1723 by O'Hara, Lord of Tyrawley as the site of a cotton mill and was given permission to hold a weekly market and exhibition.
Long before that, Ballina was ford across the River Moy , which is now spanned by two bridges. The still huge ruins of the Mendicants von Rosserk ( Franciscans ) and Rathfran ( Dominicans ) as well as the Franciscan monastery Moyne founded by the MacWilliam Burke family lie in the north-west of the city.
- The dominant building in the city is St. Muredach's Cathedral from the 19th century, the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Killala .
- The 300 year old forest of Belleek in the northwest on the banks of the Moy is one of the oldest and at the same time the largest planted forest in Europe.
history
During the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , the city was captured by a French landing force under General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (1767-1823). The road to Killala , where there is a well restored round tower, is still called Old French Road .
The Dolmen of the Four Maols ("Dolmen of the Four Maols") stands on the outskirts of Ballina. Carrowcrom's Little Wedge Tomb is 7.2 kilometers east of Ballina.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Edward Whelan (1824–1867), Canadian politician
- Mary Robinson (born 1944), President of Ireland 1990–1997
Web links
- The City website (English)
proof
- ↑ Central Statistics Office (Ireland) April 2012 ( Memento of October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.8 MB)
Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ N , 9 ° 9 ′ W