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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 283 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BALLYMOTE  , a

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market
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town of Co .
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Sligo,
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Ireland, in the
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south
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parliamentary
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division, 14 M . S. of Sligo by the Midland
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Great 'Western railway . Pop . (1901) 997 . It is a centre for some agricultural
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trade and has
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carriage-
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building
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works . There are remains of a strong
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castle, built by the powerful
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earl of
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Ulster,
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Richard de
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Burgh, in 1300, and the
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scene of hostilities in 1641 and 1652 . Ruins are also seen of a Franciscan
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foundation attributed to the 13th
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century; it was a celebrated seat of learning and an extant memorial of the
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work of its monks is the
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Book of Ballymote (c . 1391) in the
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possession of the Royal Irish
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Academy, a
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miscellaneous collection in
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prose and
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verse of
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historical, genealogical and romantic writings . There are also, near the town, ruins of a
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house of the Knights of St
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John (1303) .

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