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Ballyhaunis
Sign in to saveBallyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. Ballyhaunis is within both the Roman Catholic and civil parishes of Annagh.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in IE, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Ballyhaunis is referenced by 232 other articles, and connects out to France, Republic of Ireland and association football.
It sits within the topics Towns and villages in County Mayo and Use Hiberno-English from July 2015.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,366
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ballyhaunis
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- BallyhaunisFriary.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ballyhaunis Friary
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Mayo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,773
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Béal Átha hAmhnais
- Population
- 2773
- Elevation
- 89
- Image
- BallyhaunisFriary.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ballyhaunis
- Irish Grid Reference
- M498794
- P12749
- Robert Uhrig
- native label
- Béal Átha hAmhnais
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- War of Independence
- 1990s
- Protected buildings
- Demographics
- Media
- Education
- Transport
- Bus
- Rail
- Sports
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Ballyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. Ballyhaunis is within both the Roman Catholic and civil parishes of Annagh.
It is thought that the town grew up around St Mary's Augustinian Friary (popularly referred to as "the Abbey"), which was founded in 1348, according to local tradition. The town and its hinterland contain a number of megalithic monuments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballyhaunis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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