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Ringforts	Ancient Roads	Leganes
Fulacht Fiadh (Fiann)	Ballina Castle	Cahirconnor Castle (now Derrycastle)
The Graves of the Leinstermen	The Bridge	Some Forgotten Monuments and Artefacts
The Cave at Labbadiha	The Fountain Stone

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Has Ballina evolved from a church Site?	Templekelly	Friars’ Island and St. Lua’s Oratory
Templekelly Church & Graveyard	‘Penal Mass Houses of Ballina/Boher	Penal Mass House at Fern Hollow
‘Chapel in the Mountain’	Mass Rocks	Church of Our Lady and St. Lua
The Parochial House	Boher Penal Chapel or Mass House	Boher church of 1824
Boher New Church	Kilmastulla Church and Graveyard

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Civil Survey (1654-56)	Cromwellian Plantation 1654-1655	The Census of 1659
The Hearth Money Records 1665-1666 & 1666-1667	The Penal Laws

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Faction Fighting	Land War Events in the Parish	Overview of Ballina Before the Famine (1837-1845)
The Famine and its Aftermath	The War of Independence and the Civil War	The Black and Tans
The Civil War	Letter from Patt MacNamara

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The O’Hickeys of Templekelly	Matt McGrath, Olympic Champion from Curraghmore	The O’Briens of Ryninch House
1880s Diary of a Country Schoolmaster	Tomás Ó Maoileoin	The Collins Family
The McMahons of Grange & Their Emigrant Son	Francis Spaight of Derrycastle

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The G.A.A.	Handball	Rugby
Athletics	Cycling	Shooting and Hunting
Pastimes of the Gentry	Dancing	Music & Singing
Drama	Macra na Feirme	Other Activities and Events - Curious and Obscure
Unusual Weather Conditions

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Fishing	The Stagecoach	The Railway
The Lakeside Hotel	McKeogh’s Shop	Farming in Ballina
The Creamery	Weaving	Blacksmiths

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Priests, Brothers & Nuns, natives of Ballina/ Boher Parish

Parish Priests who served in Ballina / Boher

Curates who served in the parish

To see lists of Priests, Brothers & Nuns Native of Ballina / Boher, lists of priests and Church of Ireland Clergy who served here click on this link: Clergy

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The Hedge Schools of Ballina / Boher	Boher National School	Ballina NS
Derrycastle Model Farm School

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