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Encyclopedia Britannica



BALLYMOTE

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 283 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR
BALLYMOTE , a market town of Co. Sligo, Ireland, in the
south
  parliamentary division, 14 M. S. of Sligo by the Midland
Great
  'Western railway. Pop. (1901) 997. It is a centre for some agricultural trade and has carriage-building works. There are remains of a strong castle, built by the powerful
earl
  of Ulster, Richard de
Burgh
 , in 1300, and the scene of hostilities in 1641 and 1652. Ruins are also seen of a Franciscan foundation attributed to the 13th century; it was a celebrated seat of learning and an extant memorial of the
work
  of its monks is the Book of Ballymote (c. 1391) in the possession of the Royal Irish
Academy
 , a miscellaneous collection in
prose
  and verse of historical, genealogical and romantic writings. There are also, near the town, ruins of a
house
  of the Knights of St John (1303).


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