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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 283 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALLYMOTE , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town of Co. See also:

SLIGO

Sligo, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

south See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, 14 M. S. of Sligo by the Midland See also:

GREAT

Great 'Western railway. Pop. (1901) 997. It is a centre for some agricultural See also:

trade and has See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage-See also:

BUILDING

building See also:

WORKS

works. There are remains of a strong See also:

castle, built by the powerful See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

Ulster, See also:

Richard de See also:

Burgh, in 1300, and the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of hostilities in 1641 and 1652. Ruins are also seen of a Franciscan See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation attributed to the 13th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; it was a celebrated seat of learning and an extant memorial of the See also:

WORK

work of its monks is the See also:

BOOK

Book of Ballymote (c. 1391) in the See also:

possession of the Royal Irish See also:

Academy, a See also:

MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous collection in See also:

PROSE

prose and See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of See also:

HISTORICAL

historical, genealogical and romantic writings. There are also, near the town, ruins of a See also:

house of the Knights of St See also:

John (1303).

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