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The site located in Cleaghmore, Ballinasloe, County Galway was donated by the Trench family for the burial of hundreds of people during the Great Famine. [3] It now contains over 8,000 plants and shrubs. [4] The park features a dedication and memorial monument, designed by John O'Connor and erected by the Ballinasloe Historical Society. [2]
St. Michael's Church (Irish: Eaglais Naomh Mícheál) is a large-scale Roman Catholic church built of limestone located on the south end of Saint Michael's Square, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. It was designed by J.J. McCarthy in 1846 and was built in 1858. [1]
Saint John the Evangelist Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais Naomh Eoin an Soiscéalaí na hÉireann) is an Anglican (Church of Ireland), freestanding cruciform-plan church built of limestone located on Church Hill, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. It was designed by Joseph Welland and was built in 1842. It was rebuilt following fire in 1899 ...
Denis "Dinny" Delaney (6 August 1841 – 29 November 1919) was a well-known blind Irish piper who lived most of his life in Ballinasloe. The Dinny Delaney Festival is celebrated annually in Ballinasloe in his honour. Delaney was born in Tulrush, in the County Roscommon part of Ballinasloe parish, [1] but lived most of his life in Ballinasloe.
The buildings feature nave, chancel, rood screen, transepts, cloister, chapter room, sacristy, cellars, an oven and a vaulted room in the southeast. [10]The great west doorway features many carvings, including Michael the Archangel with a sword and the scales for weighing souls; Saints Augustine of Hippo, Catherine of Alexandria and John the Baptist; a pelican feeding her young; a pair of ...
Kilclooney or Kilcloony (Irish: Cill Chluaine) [1] is a townland and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland.It is one of three civil parishes in which Ballinasloe is located. It is regarded as the place in which Saint Grellan settled and established a church, which has since been replaced by the currently-standing, run-down church.
Ballinasloe (/ ˌ b æ l n ə ˈ s l oʊ / bal-na-SLOH; Irish: Béal Átha na Sluaighe, meaning 'mouth of the ford of the crowds') [10] is a town in the easternmost part of County Galway in Connacht. Located at an ancient crossing point on the River Suck, evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of Bronze Age sites.
Ireland portal Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Pages in category "Ballinasloe" The following 19 pages are in this ...