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Is he not from Castlerea? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerea#People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hyde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.61.69.4 ( talk) 14:29, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Is this the town where the Irish guy was dragged through it tied to the back of a British truck during the War? If so, who was the guy and is there any more somebody could write about this? 89.101.41.216 ( talk) 21:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
A much more interesting background to Balaghaderreen leaving Mayo is found in this Irish Times article: "The confused allegiances of its 2,000 citizens can be traced back to 1898 when John Dillon, the MP for East Mayo and a member of the town’s most powerful family, tabled an amendment to the Local Government Act in Westminster.It redrew the county boundaries, pushing Ballaghaderreen from Mayo into Roscommon. The reason? Rates were cheaper in Roscommon – but the GAA club had already been formed and it refused to budge." 89.101.41.216 ( talk) 21:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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Is he not from Castlerea? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerea#People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hyde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.61.69.4 ( talk) 14:29, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Is this the town where the Irish guy was dragged through it tied to the back of a British truck during the War? If so, who was the guy and is there any more somebody could write about this? 89.101.41.216 ( talk) 21:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
A much more interesting background to Balaghaderreen leaving Mayo is found in this Irish Times article: "The confused allegiances of its 2,000 citizens can be traced back to 1898 when John Dillon, the MP for East Mayo and a member of the town’s most powerful family, tabled an amendment to the Local Government Act in Westminster.It redrew the county boundaries, pushing Ballaghaderreen from Mayo into Roscommon. The reason? Rates were cheaper in Roscommon – but the GAA club had already been formed and it refused to budge." 89.101.41.216 ( talk) 21:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)