Bally League / Ballileague

[Dennis Horoho]

Has anyone ever heard of a town in County Rosscommon with the name of Bally League? I am uncertain of the spelling, so it may be Ballileague or something similar.<p>Also, what does 'bally' mean in Ireland?
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dhoroho@townsquare.net

[efinn]

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<br><b>: Has anyone ever heard of a town in County<br>: Rosscommon with the name of Bally League?<p>Now Dennis..Lad, you hurt my feelings when you ask<br>that question.<br>After the months of labor I spent putting the<br>Leitrim-Roscommon Townland data base on-line.<br>Go to the URL that I have listed below and enter<br>"BALLY" into the townland field, and "Roscommon"<br>into the county field and then hit submit.<br>See if anything come up that looks like <br>Ballyleague!!<p> http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/lrtown-srch<p>: Also, what does 'bally' mean in Ireland?<p>From one of my little books here on the shelf, it<br>would appear that bally means "town".<p>Good luck with your research.<p>Ed Finn<br>efinn@thecore.com<br></b><br>
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/lrtown-s ... -Roscommon Townland Search Page</a></ul>
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efinn@thecore.com

[Liam Kelly]

: Has anyone ever heard of a town in County Rosscommon with the name of Bally League? I am uncertain of the spelling, so it may be Ballileague or something similar.: Also, what does 'bally' mean in Ireland?THE ANSWER :_Ballyleague which is situated on the Roscommon side of the river shannon is known in Irish as Beal Atha Liag which translated means The Mouth of the Stony Ford -This gives referrence to the fact that there was a crossing of the river shannon at Ballyleague-HOWS THAT !!!!!!

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ibeautyj@iol.ie

[Gerry Grady]

<br>: : Has anyone ever heard of a town in County Rosscommon with the name of Bally League? I am uncertain of the spelling, so it may be Ballileague or something similar.: Also, what does 'bally' mean in Ireland?THE ANSWER :_Ballyleague which is situated on the Roscommon side of the river shannon is known in Irish as Beal Atha Liag which translated means The Mouth of the Stony Ford -This gives referrence to the fact that there was a crossing of the river shannon at Ballyleague-HOWS THAT !!!!!!<p>I'm searching the Patrick MURPHY/Anne HANLEY family who lived in Ballyleague around 1825.They had 2 sons at least,Martin m.Catherine Rhatigan & Michael m.Honora Dempsey.Martin had 4 sons & a dau.who came to US in the 1880's.Brigette m. Mr.Sutton in Philadelphia,Wm.(b.1866 in Ballyleague),James,Martin,&John prob.came thru NY
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