Ballymote

Infobox Irish Place
name = Ballymote
gaeilge = Baile an Mhóta
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pin coords = left: 78px; top: 79px
north coord = 54.0896 | west coord = 8.5167 | irish grid = G662150
area = | elevation = 76 m
province = Connacht
county = County Sligo
population = | town pop = 1,229 | rural pop = 1,717
census yr = 2006|

Ballymote (lga|Baile an Mhóta|town of the mound [cite web |url=http://www.victorianweb.org/history/letters/duke.html |title=Turmoil & Unrest -Liverpool to Ballymote, Ireland, 1831 |accessdate=2007-11-27] [cite web | url=http://www.booksulster.com/library/plnm/placenamesB.php |title=Irish Local Names Explained|accessdate=2007-11-27] [cite web |url=http://www.gwp.enta.net/irishhist.htm+baile+an+mh%C3%B3ta+meaning&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ie |title=Mapping Ireland in the Middle Ages |accessdate=2007-11-27] [cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/baile-2 |title=Answers.com Celtic Mythology |accessdate=2007-11-27] ) is a growing market town in south County Sligo, Ireland. It is a historic town, with Ballymote Castle, built by Richard de Burgh, dating from 1300. It also has a market house, a 3 bay 2 storey building at the Rock, currently used by South Co. Sligo Community Mental health service of the Health Service Executive.

Transport

Ballymote lies on regional roads R293, R295 and R296, and on the main Dublin to Sligo railway line. Ballymote railway station opened on 3 December 1862. [cite web | title= Ballymote station| work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-07]

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A number of sports are played in the town, including Gaelic football and Soccer, played at Corran Park and Brother Walfrid Memorial Park respectively, Golf at the nine-hole course on the outskirts of the town, along with numerous other sports, particularly at under-age level.

September 11 memorial

The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg unveiled Ireland's national monument to the The 69th Infantry Regiment (aka The Fighting 69th) and Michael Corcoran in Ballymote on 22 August 2006. At the foot of the monument is a piece of steel from the World Trade Center in New York, which was attacked on September 11, 2001. The steel was donated by the family of a local man who died in the attack.

People

Some well-known people from Ballymote and the surrounding areas include:
*Brother Walfrid the founder of Glasgow Celtic Football Club
*Michael Corcoran, Brigadier General of the 69th Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War
*John Perry, a Teachta Dála in the 30th Dáil
*Eamon Scanlon, also a Teachta Dála in the 30th Dáil, previously a Senator in the 22nd Seanad.

ee also

*List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
*Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland
*Book of Ballymote
*Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe
*Ballymote Castle

External links

* [http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7c5fd/48877/ Ballymote Pictures and Travel Review]
* [http://www.ballymote.ie Ballymote Town Website]
* [http://homepage.tinet.ie/~jhiggins/ Ballymote Parish]
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