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Ballygar (Irish: Béal Átha Ghártha) is a ... a toll market was established near the main entrance to Castle Kelly by Denis Henry Kelly who owned 13,500 ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Béal Átha Ghártha, opening of the ford, Ballygar is situated in the civil parish of Killeroran, Barony of Killian, County Galway. Located in the North of Killeroran parish, Ballygar is bounded by the townlands of Tullyroe, Killeroran, Cartron and Hermitage. The Down Survey Map indicates the 1641 (Pre-Cromwell) owner of Ballygar was Edmund McDonagh O’Kelly (Catholic). In ...
Jan 23, 2015 · A Town and a Landlord Before the Famine and a Field Called Ballybeggarman. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore grew up in a town called Ballygar, County Galway -- today a lovely place on the road from Roscommon to Galway. In the 1820s, the Landlord decided he would build a town because he had a large estate and much produce.
Local historian Paul Connolly presents his slideshow on the History of Ballygar from prehistoric to modern times. The talk looks at the area around Ballygar ...
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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Ballygar like this: . Ballygar, vil., NE. co. Galway, 8 miles SW. of Roscommon, pop. 346; P.O.
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Ballygar. In the mid-nineteenth century Denis Kelly used the stones from the ruins of the monastic settlement to renovate his castle. Aughrane was originally built in the fourteenth century. It was also the home of the famous author Charles O’Kelly. The O’Kellys belonged to an ancient Irish family who became anglicised.
