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Ballinamore

Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in the south-east of County Leitrim in Ireland.

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Country: Éire / Ireland

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Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.name: Ballinamore
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.image_skyline: Ballinamore Main Street-High Street-August 2006-1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Main Street-High Street, Ballinamore
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.blank_name_sec1: Irish Grid Reference
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Republic of Ireland
Located in: County Leitrim
Elevation: +74
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Official website: www.ballinamore.ie
Image: Ballinamore Main Street-High Street-August 2006-1.jpg

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P7959: County Leitrim

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Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in the south-east of County Leitrim in Ireland.

==Etymology== , corrupted Bellanamore, means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) of the Yellow River. The gaels called the baile Átha na Chuirre ("homestead of ford of the afflictions") because a hospital-house stood near the bridge in the 13th century.