Foxford Béal Easa
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WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53.9833° N 9.1167° W Irish Grid Reference G268062
Town population:	944 (2002)
Rural population:	N/A
Elevation:	48m
County:	Mayo
Province:	Connacht

Coordinates: 53.9833° N 9.1167° WFoxford (Irish: Béal Easa, meaning "Mouth of the rapids/waterfall") is a small town some 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo. The town stands on the N26 national primary route from Swinford to Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Dublin and Ballina. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ... The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the Republic of Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. ... The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the Republic of Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... 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: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Connaught redirects here. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Ballina may refer to: Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland Ballina, New South Wales, Australia Electoral district of Ballina is an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, based around the area. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ... The N26 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland linking Ballina and Foxford to the N5 Dublin–Westport road. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Swinford (disambiguation). ... Ballina may refer to: Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland Ballina, New South Wales, Australia Electoral district of Ballina is an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, based around the area. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Situated between the Nephin and Ox Mountains, Foxford stands on the River Moy, one of Europe's most famous salmon-fishing rivers, and close to Loughs Conn and Cullin, famous for their brown trout.^{[citation needed]} The Foxford Way is an 86-km waymarked tourist trail which circles Foxford, taking in the Ox Mountains, roads, boglands, archeological sites, lakeshores, and river banks. Nephin, is, at 806 metres, the second highest peak in County Mayo and Connacht, in the Republic of Ireland. ... The River Moy (Abhainn na Muaidhe in Irish) rises in the Ox Mountains in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. ... Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ... Lough Conn is a lake in County Mayo in the province of Connaught in Ireland and covers about 14,000 acres (57 km²). With its immediate neighbour to the south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the sea by the River Moy. ... Binomial name Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Morphs Salmo trutta morpha trutta Salmo trutta morpha fario Salmo trutta morpha lacustris The Brown Trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario and morpha lacustris) and the Sea Trout ( morpha trutta) are fish of the same species distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout... Waymarking is a means by which people can catalog, mark, locate and log unique and interesting locations around the world. ...

Foxford grew up around the eponymous Woollen Mills which have been producing the famous Foxford blankets since 1892. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Notable people

The town is the birthplace of Admiral William Guillermo Brown, founder of the Argentine Navy. Busts of Admiral Brown, have been erected in both Buenos Aires and Foxford. Admiral William Brown, also known as Guillermo Brown, was born in Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland, on June 22, 1777, and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1857. ... Argentine Navy Jack Argentine Navy Service Emblem The Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

The poet and theatre director F. R. Higgins was born in Foxford. Frederick Robert Higgins (April 24, 1896 - January 6, 1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director. ...

In the vicinity, the Straide Museum honours and commemorates the life and works of Michael Davitt, labour agitator, social campaigner and founder of the Irish Land League. Michael Davitt c. ... The Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus enlisted the conscience of the propertied classes with the sentimental realism of La retour du bracconier (The Wounded Poacher), exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1881, at the height of the Irish Land War The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of...

Padraic Ruane current Mayo senior footballer hails from Foxford, he currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland but commutes to Mayo every weekend for training.

Séamus Conwell, Straide and Foxford United Centre back, quoted to be the next Roy Keane.

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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External links

• Mayo on the Move: Foxford
• History of the Foxford Woollen Mills
• Foxford railway station
• Mayo Echo - Mayo's Free Weekly Newspaper (Published Online)