Ballymoe
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Ballymoe (historically Bellamoe, from Template:Langx, meaning 'ford-mouth of Mó')[1] is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Ballymoe is situated on the western side of the River Suck that separates counties Galway and Roscommon. The N60 national secondary road meets the R360 regional road in the centre of the village.
History
The name Béal Átha Mó is derived from a fort which was built by Meabh of Connacht, under the order of Mogh.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The fort and village would later become known as Átha Mogh Mór and Béal Átha Mogh. The town is now the centre of a small rural area involved in scale mixed farming. Raised bogs, forts and a mass rock from penal times are features of Ballymoe today.[2]
People
- Éamonn Ceannt, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising and signatory to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was born in the police barracks in Ballymoe where his father James Kent, an officer in the Royal Irish Constabulary was stationed. The Garda Síochána barracks in the town today is named in his honour.[3]
- Fr. Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Nebraska, was born here
- Thomas Charles Beirne, Australian businessman, politician and philanthropist, was born nearby.[4]
- James Daly, executed in 1920 for his role in the Connaught Rangers mutiny in India, was born in Ballymoe in 1899.
See also
References
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- ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ↑ Ireland West. Retrieved 23 February 2007 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ National Library of Ireland – 1916 Exhibition Template:Webarchive,
- ↑ Biography of Berine
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