Ballymoe
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| Ballymoe Béal Átha Mó |
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| Irish Grid Reference M692723 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Galway | |
| Elevation: | 80m | |
| Population (2002) - Town: - Rural: |
- 431 |
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Ballymoe (Irish: Béal Átha Mó) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Ballymoe is situated on the western side of the River Suck that separates counties Galway and Roscommon. It is the birthplace of Fr. Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Nebraska.
[edit] History
The name Ballymoe is derived from a fort which was built by Queen Maeve of Connaught, under the order of Mogh. The fort and village would later become known as Átha Mogh Mór and Béal Átha Mogh. The town is now the center of a small rural area involved in scale mixed farming. Raised bogs, forts and a mass rock from penal times remain in Ballymoe today.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Ireland West. http://www.irelandwest.ie/content.asp?id=63 Retrieved Feb. 23, 2007
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