Ballynary is the name of a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in the southern corner of Co. Sligo in Ireland. Ballynary is the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family who were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell. The head of this family still uses the title The O'Higgins of Ballynary or Lord of Ballynary although the family have not lived there since the 17th century. The townland of Ballynary contains ruins of the Dominican Abbey of Ballindoon which was founded by the McDonoghue Clan and a monument to Ambrose O'Higgins who became Spanish Viceroy to Peru and whos son Bernardo O'Higgins became the first head of State of Chile. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... For the Chilean revolutionary leader, see Bernardo OHiggins. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Bernardo OHiggins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842), South American Independentist leader and first Chilean head of state (Supreme Director, 1817–23), commanded the military forces that won independence from Spain. ...