https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Ballyroan,_County_Laois&feed=atom&action=historyBallyroan, County Laois - Revision history2024-03-28T13:59:08ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.25.5https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Ballyroan,_County_Laois&diff=75584&oldid=prevOwain at 08:04, 28 May 20212021-05-28T08:04:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ballyroan''' is a small town in [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">County Laois</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the former Barony of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cullenagh</del>]]. The R425 regional road passes through the village.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ballyroan''' is a small town <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and civil parish </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the barony of </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cullenagh</ins>]] in [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">County Laois</ins>]]. The R425 regional road passes through the village.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ballyroan is an ancient settlement, though its origins are obscure. A castle likely stood there in the Middle Ages, as one Conall Ó Mórdha, son of Daibhí Ó Mórdha, lord of Laois, is attested to have "built the castle of Baile atha in roine" in the fourteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Conor |first1=Thomas |title=Ordnance Survey Letters: Queen's County |date=1838 |page=260 |url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-subject/ordnance-survey-of-irelan/ |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref> The area remained in the hands of the O'Mores until the sixteenth century; it is listed in the possessions of Conall Ó Mórdha (d. 1537).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ballyroan is an ancient settlement, though its origins are obscure. A castle likely stood there in the Middle Ages, as one Conall Ó Mórdha, son of Daibhí Ó Mórdha, lord of Laois, is attested to have "built the castle of Baile atha in roine" in the fourteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Conor |first1=Thomas |title=Ordnance Survey Letters: Queen's County |date=1838 |page=260 |url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-subject/ordnance-survey-of-irelan/ |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref> The area remained in the hands of the O'Mores until the sixteenth century; it is listed in the possessions of Conall Ó Mórdha (d. 1537).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1686, Alderman John Preston<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>founded a private school in the village known as Ballyroan School, endowed with lands in [[Cappaloughlan]]. The school was in a large, slated building erected at a cost of £500, which has since been demolished. Protestant boys received a free education, while Roman Catholic boys paid £1 per quarter. In the nineteenth century, the school moved to Abbeyleix. In 1877 the Brigidine Sisters came to the village and opened a Roman Catholic school. Three nuns from the Abbeyleix Community took up residence in their newly built convent on 25 September of that year. Their convent and school closed in 1974.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1686, Alderman John Preston founded a private school in the village known as Ballyroan School, endowed with lands in [[Cappaloughlan]]. The school was in a large, slated building erected at a cost of £500, which has since been demolished. Protestant boys received a free education, while Roman Catholic boys paid £1 per quarter. In the nineteenth century, the school moved to Abbeyleix. In 1877 the Brigidine Sisters came to the village and opened a Roman Catholic school. Three nuns from the Abbeyleix Community took up residence in their newly built convent on 25 September of that year. Their convent and school closed in 1974.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1831, Ballyroan had a population of 714. In 1841, on the eve of the Great Famine, it had a population of 637. The size of the village has since declined considerably. In 1996, the population was 173; in 2002, it was 142.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/vol1_t5.pdf|title=Volume 1, Population.|website=Central Statistics Office}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1831, Ballyroan had a population of 714. In 1841, on the eve of the Great Famine, it had a population of 637. The size of the village has since declined considerably. In 1996, the population was 173; in 2002, it was 142.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/vol1_t5.pdf|title=Volume 1, Population.|website=Central Statistics Office}}</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Owainhttps://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Ballyroan,_County_Laois&diff=73048&oldid=prevRB: Created page with "{{Infobox town |name=Ballyroan |irish=Baile Átha an Róine |county=Laois |picture=IMG Main street Ballyroan5150w.jpg |picture caption=Ballyroan's main street |os grid ref=S46..."2021-01-06T15:36:48Z<p>Created page with "{{Infobox town |name=Ballyroan |irish=Baile Átha an Róine |county=Laois |picture=IMG Main street Ballyroan5150w.jpg |picture caption=Ballyroan's main street |os grid ref=S46..."</p>
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|name=Ballyroan<br />
|irish=Baile Átha an Róine<br />
|county=Laois<br />
|picture=IMG Main street Ballyroan5150w.jpg<br />
|picture caption=Ballyroan's main street<br />
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|latitude=52.947668<br />
|longitude=-7.305247<br />
|population=563<br />
|census year=2016<br />
|LG district=County Laois<br />
|townland=yes<br />
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'''Ballyroan''' is a small town in [[County Laois]], and in the former Barony of [[Cullenagh]]. The R425 regional road passes through the village.<br />
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==History==<br />
Ballyroan is an ancient settlement, though its origins are obscure. A castle likely stood there in the Middle Ages, as one Conall Ó Mórdha, son of Daibhí Ó Mórdha, lord of Laois, is attested to have "built the castle of Baile atha in roine" in the fourteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Conor |first1=Thomas |title=Ordnance Survey Letters: Queen's County |date=1838 |page=260 |url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-subject/ordnance-survey-of-irelan/ |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref> The area remained in the hands of the O'Mores until the sixteenth century; it is listed in the possessions of Conall Ó Mórdha (d. 1537).<br />
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In 1686, Alderman John Preston]] founded a private school in the village known as Ballyroan School, endowed with lands in [[Cappaloughlan]]. The school was in a large, slated building erected at a cost of £500, which has since been demolished. Protestant boys received a free education, while Roman Catholic boys paid £1 per quarter. In the nineteenth century, the school moved to Abbeyleix. In 1877 the Brigidine Sisters came to the village and opened a Roman Catholic school. Three nuns from the Abbeyleix Community took up residence in their newly built convent on 25 September of that year. Their convent and school closed in 1974.<br />
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In 1831, Ballyroan had a population of 714. In 1841, on the eve of the Great Famine, it had a population of 637. The size of the village has since declined considerably. In 1996, the population was 173; in 2002, it was 142.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/vol1_t5.pdf|title=Volume 1, Population.|website=Central Statistics Office}}</ref><br />
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An Irish Volunteer Corps was established in Ballyroan in mid-1914.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gerdooley.com/laois-1913-1923-talk-to-laois-heritage-society-as-part-of-2016-heritage-week|title=Laois 1913-1923|website=Ger Dooley - History|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> During the debate as to whether the Irish Volunteers should participate in the First World War, the Ballyroan corps were the only corps in Laois to support Eoin MacNeill, who favoured staying out, over John Redmond, who urged the volunteers to join the war. On 3 April 1920, the abandoned Royal Irish Constabulary police barracks in Ballyroan were attacked and burned.<br />
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==Sport==<br />
*Gaelic football: Ballyroan Abbey GAA<br />
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File:IMG Old School Ballyroan5149.jpg|Old national school (1888)<br />
File:IMG Angela's Rock5157c.jpg|''Autumn'', a sculpture<br />
File:IMG AngelaDelaney5155c.jpg|Sculpture plaque<br />
File:Church in Ballyrowan.jpg|A church in Ballyroan<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}</div>RB