Ballaghaderreen Bealach an Doirín
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°54′00″N 8°34′60″W / 53.9, -8.5833
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	Roscommon
Elevation:	76 m
Population (2006)	2,741

Ballaghaderreen (Irish: Bealach an Doirín) is a town in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland. It is located on the N5 road in the North-West of Co. Roscommon. The Irish meaning of the town name is 'The way (Bealach) of the little oak (Doirín)'. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... GPS redirects here. ... 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. ... Roscommon (Ros Comáin in Irish) is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 County Roscommon (Irish: ) is a county located in central Ireland. ... The N5 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland, connecting Dublin with Westport and the west of Ireland. ... A directional road sign in the Republic of Ireland on an other road (not a national road) at Portlaoise, County Laois, including patches for national roads and advance warning of bridge height restrictions. ...

The town of Ballaghaderreen was located in County Mayo until 1899, when it was transferred to Roscommon by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Gaelic games supporters are split between those who support Mayo and the local Gaelic Athletic Association team which competes in the Mayo county championship and those who support the Roscommon county team.^[1] Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 a piece of legislation passed as an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1898, to establish a system of local government in Ireland on lines similar that had been recently created in Great Britain at the time. ... For other uses, see GAA (disambiguation). ...

In 1860 Ballaghaderreen Cathedral was dedicated as the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Ballaghaderreen Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy. ... The Diocese of Achonry is a Roman Catholic diocese in the western part of Ireland. ...

People

People from Ballaghaderreen include:

• John Blake Dillon, politician.
• Captain William Partridge, Irish Citizen Army member, Trade-Unionist and participant in the Easter Rebellion.
• James Dillon, politician; grandson of the above^[2]
• Douglas Hyde, Gaelic scholar, politician, writer. He was actually from a townland closer to Frenchpark.
• Garry Hynes, theatre director
• Sean Flanagan, Last Captain of Mayo to lift the Sam Maguire.
• Thomas Flynn, Bishop of Achonry
• Michael McGarry, Businessman who found great success in American construction industries.
• William Brendan McPhillips, poet and playwright, born in The Bronx, but grew up on Church Street across from the Cathedral.
• Matt Molloy, flautist in The Chieftains.
• Gerry Peyton, Entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• Lieutenant General Dermot Earley, Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces and former Gaelic footballer with Roscommon.
• Australian Football Player Pearce Hanley, currently listed with the Brisbane Lions.

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Transport

Ballaghaderreen railway station opened on 2 November 1874, but finally closed on 4 February 1963.^[3] is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• Bohalis

This is a link page for cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland, including larger villages, and villages and townlands of note, as well as towns, townships or urban centres in Dublin. ... Village located on the N5 between Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon and Carracastle, Co Mayo. ...

References

1. ^ Ballaghadereen GAA Club
2. ^ Though born in Dublin, John Dillon resided in Ballaghaderreen while he was manager of the family business, Monica Duff's.
3. ^ Ballaghaderreen station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.

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External links

• William Brendan McPhillips
• Ballaghaderreen.com