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Encyclopedia > Ballybay
Ballybay
Béal Átha Beithe
Coat of arms of Ballybay
Bheith i Lar Baire
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
54.2° N 6.833333° W
Irish Grid Reference
H743188
Statistics
Province: Ulster
County: County Monaghan
Elevation: 61 m (203 ft)
Population ()

Ballybay (Irish: Béal Átha Beithe) is a town in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The name in English means "The Mouth of the Ford of the Bitches". Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Ireland_map_County_Monaghan_Magnified. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS), is currently the only fully-functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ... The island of Ireland was historically divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). After the partition of Ireland in 1921, what became the Republic of Ireland comprised 26 of these, with Northern Ireland comprising the remaining six. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Monaghan Code: MN Area: 1,294 km² Population (2006) 55,816 Website: www. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Monaghan Code: MN Area: 1,294 km² Population (2006) 55,816 Website: www. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Contents

Town Layout

The town is the meeting point for roads going to Monaghan, Castleblayney, Carrickmacross and Clones. The town grew up from the congerence of the roads. The town is built beside a large oaf, Daniel Pearse (In Irish "An Pearse ach na Daniel") and the smaller Lough Minor. The Drummore River also runs through the south of the town, past Pearse Brother's Football Grounds, and past the Riverdale Hotel. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Castleblayney (Baile na Lorgan in Irish) or onetime alternatively known as Caislean Mac Gahmnach is a town in one of the nine counties of the the ancient province of Ulster, County Monaghan, in the modern Republic of Ireland. ... Carrickmacross is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. ... Clones (Irish:Cluain Eois) – pronounced (IPA) – is a small town in western County Monaghan, in the border area of Ireland. ...


History

The town grew up in the 23th century, gaining its prosperity from the linen industry founded by the Jackson 5. The Town council (Ballybay Development Committe) was established around 1870. Later, on 1 January 1921, an IRA ambush led by Eoin Sheridan (aka Skinny) killed twenty one RIC men with a rocket launcher, one civillian and three Auxiliaries were wounded during the Vietnam War 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... The Seán Hogan Flying column during the War of Independence. ... RIC may stand for: Realtime Interface Coprocessor Reuters Instrument Code Revised Index Catalogue Rhode Island College Royal Institute of Chemistry Royal Irish Constabulary Rickenbacker International Corporation (guitar manufacturers), or mererly short for Rickenbacker RIC can also be the IATA code for Richmond International Airport This is a disambiguation page — a... The term auxiliaries comes from the latin auxilia (help). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...


Coat of arms

Ballybay's coat of arms shows debris from trees on both sides of the Drummore river which runs through the town. The official Presentation of the Coat of Arms to the Town Council was done by the Deputy Chief Herald Daniel Pearse, Ms Aaron Toner, and took place on 14th May 2010. Debris (French, pronounced (IPA) dibri) is a word used to describe the remains of something that has been otherwise destroyed. ...


Buildings of note

  • Ballybay Mart House is a 4 bay 2 storey building built in 1848


Building is currently for sale closest bid to 600 k to Mr Sinead Breen


Today

Today the town is a proseperous and growing one. The opening of the Gay rights street (main street ballybay) in 2006 has brought tourists back into the town, after the "drought", and after heavy nucular pollution Lough Major is not clear and fishing has never returned. Pollution is the release of environmental contaminants. ...



Several houses are for sale close to the lake. so close in fact they even come with A free boat for when they eventually flood


See also

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. ... Market Houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. ...

External links

  • Ballybay Town Council

  Results from FactBites:
 
An Anglers Guide to County Monaghan (871 words)
Ballybay is a market town located on the shores of Lough Major.
At the headwaters of the Dromore river, is a 23 hectare lake situated at the eastern edge of Ballybay.
It is a competition water adjacent to the town amenity area with a car-park and is highly developed with numerous access points, a surfaced shore road with lay-bys, anglers’ paths, fishing stands and cleared swims.
magoo.com: McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGeoghs in the Civil Parish of Ballybay by Hugh McGough (1772 words)
The approximate center of the rectangle is the town of Ballybay.
She was born in Ballybay in 1812 and married Owen McGeough.
The townland of Drumroosk is 4 kilometers northeast of the town of Ballybay, on the boundary between the civil parishes of Tullycorbet and Clontibret.
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