Ballinahown
Ballinahown
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Ballinahown (Irish: Baile na hAbhann),[1] also spelled Ballynahown, is a village in County Westmeath on the N62 regional road in Ireland. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Athlone and 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the River Shannon. It contains the Roman Catholic St. Colmcilles Church, completed in 1902 to a design in the Early English Gothic-style by William Hague.
History
For more than nine centuries the village was the residence of the Malone family, who resided in Ballynahown House, a country house and estate on the site of an old castle.[2]
Sport
In 2012, Mark Rohan, a former Under 21
Geography
Ballinahown is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Athlone and 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the River Shannon by air.[4]
Landmarks
The village contains the Roman Catholic St. Colmcilles Church, which was designed in the Early English Gothic-style by William Hague. Construction began on 11 October 1896 but Hague died in 1899 and was completed after his death by his younger partner T. F. McNamara, who finished it in 1902. It opened on the 15 October 1902. According to the Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, it consists of a "four-bay nave, single-bay transepts to the east and west, a shallow single-bay chancel to the north and a two-stage tower (on square-plan) adjoining to the west end of the entrance front (south), having corner pinnacles and a spire on octagonal plan over (with lucarnes)".[6]
References
- ^ "Baile na hAbhann/Ballinahown". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Baronstown 1275". Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Ireland win gold and two bronze and Brands Hatch". RTE. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ a b Google (21 March 2020). "Ballinahown" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Clonydonnin Bog Nha Site, npws.ie, 2002, Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "St. Columcille's Roman Catholic church, BALLYNAHOWN, Ballynahown, County Westmeath". Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
