Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballymote

Ballymote.-- market town, Enlaghfad par., in mid. of co. and 14 miles S. of Sligo and 120 miles NW. of Dublin by rail, pop. 1145; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. In the vicinity are ruins of a castle and an abbey.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Sligo IrlC
Place: Ballymote

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