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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.
It is located 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Ballinasloe on the Ahascragh/Bunowen River, a tributary of the River Suck. The R358 regional road passes through the village. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 186 people. [1] The village is in a civil parish of the same name. [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]
Ballinasloe railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Iarnróid Bhéal Átha na Sluaighe) is a railway station in Ballinasloe, County Galway. It is operated by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ). Opened in 1851, this railway station is a fine and imposing Tudor style building, designed by George Wilkinson. The station is on the Dublin to Galway Rail service.
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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]
Cudjoe's Town was located in the mountains in the southern extremities of the parish of St James, close to the border of Westmoreland, Jamaica. [1]In 1690, a large number of Akan freedom fighters already living in the mountains launched an assault on the Sutton's Estate in Clarendon, central Jamaica, free between 300 and 400 enslaved people.
On Sir Simon's death the property would pass to his sister Anna Susannah (1781–1853), and her planter husband George Watson-Taylor (1770–1841), the fourth son of George Watson of Saul's River, Jamaica. [3]