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BALLINA , a seaport and See also:market-See also:town of See also:county See also:Mayo, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Moy, with a station on the See also:Killala See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4505. Across the river, and therefore in county See also:Sligo, is the suburb of Ardnaree, connected with Ballina by two See also:bridges. In Ardnaree is the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (See also:diocese of Killala), with an See also:east window of See also:Munich See also:glass, and the ruins of an Augustinian See also:abbey (1427) adjoining. There is a Roman Catholic diocesan See also:college and the See also:Protestant See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is also in Ardnaree. A See also:convent was erected in 1867. In See also:trade and See also:population Ballina is the first town in the county. The See also:salmon-See also:fishery and See also:fish-curing are important branches of its trade; and it has also breweries and See also:flour-See also:mills and manufactures See also:snuff and coarse See also:linen. On the 25th of See also:August 1798, Ballina was entered by the See also:French under See also:General See also:Humbert, marching from their landing-See also:place at Killala. In the neighbourhood there is the interesting cromlech of the four Maels, which, if actually erected over the criminals whose name it bears, is proved by the See also:early See also:annals of Ireland to belong to the 7th See also:century A.U. Their See also:story relates that these men, See also:foster-See also:brothers of Cellach, See also:bishop of Kilmore-Moy, murdered him at the instigation of Guaire Aidhne, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Connaught, but were themselves executed at Ardnare (Ard-na-riaghadh, the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill of the executions) by the bishop's See also:brother. The Moy is a notable salmon river for See also:rod-fishing and its tributaries and the neighbouring lakes contain See also:trout.
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