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Ballyhaunis
Sign in to saveBallyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. Ballyhaunis is within both the Roman Catholic and civil parishes of Annagh.
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Place details
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,366
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ballyhaunis
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- BallyhaunisFriary.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ballyhaunis Friary
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Mayo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,773
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Béal Átha hAmhnais
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Mayo
- Population
- 2773
- Elevation
- 89
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- BallyhaunisFriary.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ballyhaunis
- Irish Grid Reference
- M498794
- historic county
- County Mayo
- P12749
- Robert Uhrig
- native label
- Béal Átha hAmhnais
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- War of Independence
- 1990s
- Protected buildings
- Demographics
- Media
- Education
- Transport
- Bus
- Rail
- Sports
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Ballyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. Ballyhaunis is within both the Roman Catholic and civil parishes of Annagh.
It is thought that the town grew up around St Mary's Augustinian Friary (popularly referred to as "the Abbey"), which was founded in 1348, according to local tradition. The town and its hinterland contain a number of megalithic monuments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballyhaunis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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