BALLINA
, a seaport and See also:market-See also:town of See also:county See also:Mayo, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Moy, with a station on the See also:Killala See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4505
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Across the river, and therefore in county See also:Sligo, is the suburb of Ardnaree, connected with Ballina by two See also:bridges
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In Ardnaree is the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (See also:diocese of Killala), with an See also:east window of See also:Munich See also:glass, and the ruins of an Augustinian See also:abbey (1427) adjoining
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There is a Roman Catholic diocesan See also:college and the See also:Protestant See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is also in Ardnaree
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A See also:convent was erected in 1867
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In See also:trade and See also:population Ballina is the first town in the county
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The See also:salmon-See also:fishery and See also:fish-curing are important branches of its trade; and it has also breweries and See also:flour-See also:mills and manufactures See also:snuff and coarse See also:linen
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On the 25th of See also:August 1798, Ballina was entered by the See also:French under See also:General See also:Humbert, marching from their landing-See also:place at Killala
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In the neighbourhood there is the interesting cromlech of the four Maels, which, if actually erected over the criminals whose name it bears, is proved by the See also:early See also:annals of Ireland to belong to the 7th See also:century A.U
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Their See also:story relates that these men, See also:foster-See also:brothers of Cellach, See also:bishop of Kilmore-Moy, murdered him at the instigation of Guaire Aidhne, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Connaught, but were themselves executed at Ardnare (Ard-na-riaghadh, the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill of the executions) by the bishop's See also:brother
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The Moy is a notable salmon river for See also:rod-fishing and its tributaries and the neighbouring lakes contain See also:trout
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