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Balla Balla
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°48′18″N 9°07′42″W / 53.805, -9.1283
Irish Grid Reference M257845
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Mayo
Elevation:	118 m
Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:	443  1,213

Balla (pronounced Bal) (Irish: Balla) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland on the N60 National secondary road, the main road between Castlebar and Claremorris. Balla has only one street. It is notable for its round tower. It formerly was a significant shop and market centre. In recent decades it fell into decline and lost its railway station, but has enjoyed something of a revival as a residential area for people working in Castlebar. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... GPS redirects here. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 17,713. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... Sign outside Ballymoe, heading north The N60 is a national secondary road in Ireland linking Castlebar in County Mayo to Roscommon Town. ... A national secondary road is a category of road in the Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The round tower at Glendalough, Ireland, is approximately thirty metres tall A round tower was primarily a bell tower, or belfry, as the Irish form of the name cloictheach clearly indicates, and as was proved by George Petrie as long ago as 1845 and never seriously challenged since. ...

The round tower in Balla

In early times the village was known as 'Ros Dairbhreach', meaning 'The Height of the Oak Wood'. The continuing importance of the oak to the local community is reflected in the appropriately named "Dawn Oak 2000" project. At the beginning of the millennium, 2000 oak trees were planted, creating a new wood in Balla's town park. Tradition has it that Saint Patrick himself had rested in Balla. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1924x2724, 1215 KB) Summary Balla round tower Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1924x2724, 1215 KB) Summary Balla round tower Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... For information about the holiday, see: Saint Patricks Day Saint Patrick (Latin: [2], Irish: Naomh Pádraig) was a Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. ...

Transport

Balla railway station opened on 17 December 1862, but closed to passenger traffic on 17 June 1963, finally closing altogether on 2 December 1974.^[1] December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

References

1. ^ Balla station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.