Ballincalla or Ballincholla, Mayo
Historical Description
BALLINCALLA, or BALLINCHOLLA, a parish, partly in the barony of ROM, county of GALWAY, but chiefly in that of KILKAINE, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles (8. W.) from Ballinrobe, on the road to Cong; containing 3031 inhabitants. It comprises 7102 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: about one-half of the land is under tillage, one-fourth is pasture, and the remainder waste mountain and bog. A fair is held at Lough Mask, on the 20th of September. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Kilmolara: the tithes amount to £328. The glebe-house of the union is situated here, and was erected by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan of £398 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1819: the glebe comprises 20 acres. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district called the Neale. There is one pay-school, in which are about 30 males and 15 females. On the borders of Lough Mask are some remains of an old castle.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ballincalla or Ballincholla from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Ballincalla or Ballincholla)
Land and Property
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