Crossmolina

Crossmolina Crois Uí Mhaoilíona
—  Town  —
Crossmolina Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°06′00″N 9°19′00″W / 54.1°N 9.3167°W / 54.1; -9.3167Coordinates: 54°06′00″N 9°19′00″W / 54.1°N 9.3167°W / 54.1; -9.3167
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population (2002)
– Urban	935
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	WGS84
Website	www.crossmolina.ie

Crossmolina or Crosmolina^[1][2] (Irish: Crois Uí Mhaoilíona, lit. Cross of Mullany) is a town in the Barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the parish in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about 9 km west of Ballina, on the N59 Road as it travels west through Erris to Bellacorick and Bangor Erris Glencastle, Belmullet and the Mullet peninsula.

Foundation

The abbey of Crossmolina was founded by a member of the landowning De Barry family. Little remains of this foundation today. In 1306, three Normans were indicted for robbery from the abbot. During the 15th century, Crossmolina passed into Bourke Family. In 1526 O'Donnell of Tir Conaill (Co. Donegal) invaded Tirawley and demolished Crossmolina castle.

The abbey was dissolved in the 1537. Around 1630 the abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake. The dissolution deprived the people of a centre of hospitality, culture and education.

Chronology

• 6000 B.C.: First settlers arrived in Ireland
• 1000 B.C.: Crannog Builders arrived
• 600 B.C.: Arrival of the Celts, who brought a new language and the use of iron
• 400 B.C.: Flowering of the Celtic social structure and the division of land by family. The Hy-Fiachra became controllers of the plain of Catree and Glen Nephin. The names of the two chiefs were O'Maolina and O'Gavechan.
• 441 A.D.: Saint Patrick arrived in Mayo. Errew Friary founded in the 7th century according to tradition by St. Tiernan. The monastery was originally called Mainishir Taobh Thiar do Shruth.
• 1152: Synod of Kells: Killala diocese sanctioned.
• 1300: Saint Mary's Abbey built by the Barretts as a priory dependent on Ballybeg near Buttevant, Co. Cork.
• 1306: Three Normans, John, son of William of Ratheogan, Walter de Usser, and Walter de Cogan, were indicted for robbing the Abbot of Crossmolina.
• 1368: Enniscoe was passed from the Barretts to the Burkes.
• 1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
• 1631: In the 1630s Crossmolina Abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake.
• 1653: Cromwell's soldiers passed through Mayo
• 1693: Test Acts enacted followed by further severe penal laws
• 1795: Ulster Migration to Mayo. 4,000 Catholics flee to Mayo after the "Battle of the Diamond". Crossmolina area.
• 1798: The United Ireland Rising
• 1800: Act of Union passed
• 1806: A new Catholic Church costing 200 built (now part of the Parochial Hall)
• 1810: 7 years of potato crop failure
• 1822: Potato crop failure
• 1828: The Mayo Telegraph launched on 17 March
• 1829: Catholic Emancipation throughout the U.K.
• 1830: General crop failure in Co. Mayo
• 1831: Crossmolina Relief Committee formed in March 1831
• 1839: Night of the Big Wind
• 1845: 45/49 The Great Famine begins
• 1860: St. Tieman's Church built
• 1869: Anglican (Protestant) Church disestablished in Ireland
• 1878: The Mayo Telegraph purchased by James Daly of Boughadoon [1] and its name changed to the Connaught Telegraph [2]
• 1879: Mayo League founded on October 21. Claims of apparition at Knock on August 21.
• 1882: Western People founded.
• 1880-84: The Crossmolina Conspiracy
• 1884: G.A.A. founded
• 1887: Crossmolina branch of the G.A.A. founded, known as Crossmolina Dr. Crokes
• 1891: Congested Districts Board established
• 1892: Crossmolina Church repaired at a cost of 1,100. New altar 200. First mass by Bishop Conmy on Christmas Day
• 1893: The bridge at Crossmolina was erected at a cost of £3,500, and opened for traffic on November 2
• 1895: Boys School built. Sappers (Royal English) came to Crossmolina in September.
• 1898: Local Government Act. Mayo County Council established.
• 1907: Crossmolina Church new bell on St. Patrick's Day
• 1912: Convent of Jesus and Mary opened in Errew.
• 1912: Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914.
• 1913: Crossmolina Town Hall opened on Sunday April 11
• 1913: Home Rule passed and shelved 'for the duration'
• 1914: The Great War begins
• 1916: Easter Rising in Dublin
• 1918: The Armistice
• 1920: Miss Mollie Canavan opened Errew Hotel on Friday 21 May
• 1930: Electric light introduced into Crossmolina in August
• 1936: Mayo won All Ireland Senior Football title
• 1950-51: Mayo won All Ireland Senior Football title
• 1957: Crossmolina Vocational School opened
• 1992: Crossmolina A.F.C. soccer club is formed
• 1997: Crossmolina native Marc Roberts represents Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. He came a credible second with the song Mysterious Woman.
• 2001: Crossmolina Deel Rovers become the first Mayo GAA club to win the All Ireland Club Football championship on Easter Monday. They brought the Andy Merrigan cup to Mayo for the first time to a tumultuous welcome from thousands of people on the streets of Crossmolina.
• 2005: Crossmolina becomes ADSL enabled
• 2006: Crossmolina Development Plan Launched
• 2006: Crossmolina Festival re-established after 20 years

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

• Lynott, J. (1980). "A Guide to History and Antiquities West of Killala Bay"

1. ^ http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0706/mcgarrityr_mayo.html
2. ^ http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/14389

External links

• Crossmolina homepage
• Crossmolina Community Festival
• deelrovers.com - Crossmolina GAA official website
• Crossmolina AFC homepage