Crossmolina
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Crossmolina () is a town in the historical barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the civil parish and Catholic parish in which the town is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about west of Ballina on the N59 road and north of Lahardane village. Surrounding the town, there are a number of agriculturally important townlands, including Enaghbeg, Rathmore, and Tooreen.
Key facts
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- Crossmolina
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- ga
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- Town
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- Montage including; Top: A view of the statue at the centre of the town of Crossmolina. Centre: Deel River and Saint Mary's Church. Bottom: Street view in centre of the town
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- Ireland
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- left
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- Location in Ireland
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Connacht
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- County
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- County Mayo
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- Metric
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- 2016
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- 1,044
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- 24
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- Irish Grid Reference
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Tudor Period
- Anglo Protestant Ascendency
- 19th Century
- Poitin production
- Rural unrest in the 19th century
- The Big Wind
- Mystery of the Drowned Woman
- Potato crop failures
- Land League
- Crossmolina Conspiracy
- 20th Century
- Crossmolina Riot
- War of Independence
- Irish Civil War
- Second World War
- Economic development in the 20th century
- The Feehan trials
- 21st century
- Floods
- Population
- Sport
- GAA
- Soccer
- Places of interest
- Culture
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Crossmolina () is a town in the historical barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the civil parish and Catholic parish in which the town is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about west of Ballina on the N59 road and north of Lahardane village. Surrounding the town, there are a number of agriculturally important townlands, including Enaghbeg, Rathmore, and Tooreen.
== Etymology == The name Crossmolina is from the , meaning "Cross of Mullany", or "Maoilíona's cross". In the 18th century, the name was sometimes spelt as either Crossmalina, Crossmaliney, Crosmolyna or Crossmaling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crossmolina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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