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Encyclopedia Britannica



BALLYSHANNON

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

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR
BALLYSHANNON , a seaport and market-town of Co. Donegal, Ireland, in the
south
  parliamentary division, at the mouth of the Erne; on the Bundoran branch of the
Great
  Northern railway. Pop. (1901) 2359. The river is here crossed by a
bridge
  of twelve
arches
 , which connects the town with the suburb of The Port. Below the
bridge
  the river forms a beautiful cascade, 150 yds. wide, with a fall at low water of 16 ft. Here is the salmon leap, where the fish are trapped in large numbers, but also assisted to
mount
  the fall by salmon-ladders. The fisheries are of
great
  value, and there is an export
trade
  to England in salmon, which are despatched in ice. The harbour is a small exposed creek of Donegal Bay, and is only accessible to small vessels owing to a bar. Previous to the
Union
  Ballyshannon .returned two members to the Irish
parliament
  and it was incorporated by James I. There are slight remains of a castle of the O'Donnells, earls of
Tyrconnell
 , where the English, on attempting to besiege it, were defeated and lost heavily in their
retreat
  across the river, in 1597. There are numerous raths.or encampments in the vicinity and other remains. Coolmore, 3 M. N.W., is a bathing-resort.


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