Crossmolina

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Crossmolina Crois Mhaoilíona

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WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54.1° N 9.3167° W Irish Grid Reference {{{irish_grid}}}
Town population:	935 (2002)
Rural population:	N/A
Elevation:	24 m
County:	Mayo
Province:	Connacht

Coordinates: 54.1° N 9.3167° W

Crossmolina (in Irish, Crois Mhaoilíona) is a town in northern County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the parish in which Crossmolina is seated. 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 to Bangor Erris.

The website for the town of Crossmolina is Crossmolina.ie

1 Foundation
2 Chronology
3 See also
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Foundation

The abbey of Crossmolina was probably founded by a member of the De Barry family who owned some land about this place, although almost nothing remains of this foundation today. In 1306, three Normans were indicted for robbing the abbot, an incident which must have undermined the clergy's confidence in Norman protection. During the fifteenth century, Crossmolina passed into Bourke hands but in 1526 O'Donnell of Tirconnell (present day Co. Donegal) marched into Tirawley and demolished Crossmolina castle.

The abbey was dissolved in the 1530s, though it may not have been in use at the time. Sometime in the 1630s the abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake. The closing of the monasteries came as a great blow to the ordinary people. For many, the monasteries were more than places of worship they provided hospitality and served as centres of culture and education as well. With their destruction the people lost important community centres and this loss may have strengthened many in their resolve to abide by the faith of their fathers and reject the doctrines of the alien reformed church.

[edit] 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.: St. 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. Delineation of 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 in the possession of the Burkes, before this it was owned by the Barretts.
1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada. In 1526 O'Donnell of Tir Connell demolished Crossmolina Castle. The Abbey was dissolved in the 1530s.
1631: In the 1630s Crossmolina Abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake.
1653: Cromwell's soldiers plundered Mayo
1693-46 Penal Laws enacted
1795: Ulster Migration to Mayo. 4,000 Catholics flee to Mayo after the "Battle of the Diamond", many settling in the 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)
1810/17: Famine
1822: Famine
1828: The Mayo Telegraph launched on 17th March
1829: Catholic Emancipation
1830: General crop failure in Mayo
1831: Crossmolina Relief Committee appears to have been formed in March 1831
1839: The night of the big wind
1845/49: The Great Famine
1860: St. Tieman's Church built
1869: 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 21st. Apparition at Knock on August 21st.
1882: Western People founded.
1880-84: The Crossmolina Conspiracy
1884: G.A.A. founded
1887: Crossmolina branch of the G.A.A. was founded, known as Crossmolina Dr. Croke's
1891: Congested Districts Board established
1892: Crossmolina Church repaired at a cost of 1,100. New altar 200. First Mass celebrated on the new altar by Most Rev. Dr. Conmy on Christmas Day
1893: The bridge at Crossmolina was erected at a cost of 3,500, and opened for traffic on November 2nd
1895: Boys School built. Sappers or Royal English came to Crossmolina at the beginning of September. The majority of them left in January for Batlycastle
1898: Local Government second act. Mayo County Council established.
1907: Crossmolina Church new bell rang for the first time for devotions on St. Patrick's Day
1912: Convent of Jesus and Mary opened in Errew. Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914.
1913: Crossmolina Town Hall opened on Sunday April 11th
1916: Easter Rising
1920: Miss Mollie Canavan opened Errew Hotel on Friday 21st 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
2001: Crossmolina Deel Rovers become the first Mayo team to win the All Ireland Club Football Championship
2005: Crossmolina becomes ADSL enabled