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See also:KILLALA (pron. Killklla)
, a small See also:town on the See also:north See also:coast of See also:county See also:Mayo, See also:Ireland, in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the western See also:shore of a See also:fine See also:bay to which it gives name
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Pop
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(1901), 510
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It is a See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway
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Its See also:trade is almost wholly diverted to See also:Ballina on the See also:river Moy, which enters the bay, but See also:Killala is of high antiquarian and See also:historical See also:interest
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It was for many centuries a See also:bishop's see, the See also:foundation being attributed to St See also:Patrick in the 5th See also:century, but the See also:diocese was joined with Achonry See also:early in the 17th century and with See also:Tuam in 1833
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The See also:cathedral See also:
N., is a Dominican See also:abbey (1274), and in the neighbourhood are camps, cromlechs, and an inscribed ogham See also: |
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