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词条 Bailieborough
释义

  1. History

  2. Amenities

  3. Transport

  4. Sport

  5. Surrounding areas

  6. People

  7. See also

  8. External links

  9. References

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Bailieborough or Bailieboro ({{Irish place name|Coill an Chollaigh|the wood of the boar}})[2] is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. {{As of|2016}}, its population was 2,683.[1] Bailieborough's proximity to the M3 motorway has made it a commuter town.

History

Before the Plantation of Ulster, the area covered by the town was known as Killechally, Killycolly and Killycollie ({{Irish place name|Coill an Chollaigh}}[2]). William Bailie, a Scottish "Undertaker", was granted the lands of Tonergie (Tandragee) in East Breffnie by James I. By 1613 he had built a fortified house and enclosed the demesne by 1629.

The house was damaged by fire in 1918 and eventually completely demolished in the late 1930s.

Amenities

The town's amenities include a secondary school[3] (Bailieborough community school),a leisure centre, with a gym, swimming pool, sauna and steam room, many playing pitches and local walks and many lakes surrounding the town, it has also many shopping units and has had many new additions to the town such as Tesco, restaurants and clothing shops. The area is well known and renowned for its lakes and forests.

The town is well known for the many public houses that line the main street many serving food as well as beverages.

Transport

Dublin is just over an hour driving time by the nearby M3 motorway via Kells. Bailieborough is at the meeting-point of regional roads R165, R178 and R191.

Bus Éireann route 108 provides service to Kells with onward connections to Dublin and Dublin Airport. Route 166 provides service to Cavan and Dundalk.[4]

Sport

The local Gaelic football club is Bailieboro Shamrocks, five times county champions.

Surrounding areas

Points of interest in the surrounding area include a scenic vantage point over Lough an Lae, the scenery and nature of castle lake and town lake (situated within the town), and the parishes of Killan and Knockbride.

People

  • William Bailie (died 1664), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.
  • Lord Lisgar (1807–1876), died at Lisgar House (Bailieborough Castle).
  • James Owens (1827–1901), Recipient of the Victoria Cross.
  • Edward Frederick Clarke (1850–1905), Mayor of Toronto.
  • Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878–1916), Suffragist, Pacifist and Writer.
  • John B. Cosgrave (born 1946), Mathematician and number theorist.
  • Mick Finnegan, President of the Workers' Party of Ireland.
  • Cillian Sheridan (born 1989), Association football player.
  • James Kelly (1929-2003)

See also

  • Bailieborough Castle
  • List of towns and villages in Ireland
  • Market Houses in Ireland
  • County Cavan

External links

{{Wikivoyage|Bailieborough}}{{Commons category|Bailieborough}}
  • Bailieborough Community Website

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=D340B9BB-C868-495C-B0C7-3460CFF11FFA | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Bailieborough | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | accessdate = 2019-01-18}}
2. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/3623 | title = Coill an Chollaigh/Bailieborough | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | accessdate = 2019-01-16}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bailieborocs.ie/|title=Bailieborough Community School|website=www.bailieborocs.ie|access-date=2016-12-01}}
4. ^{{cite web | title = Regional Services by County | url = http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=245 | website = Bus Éireann | accessdate = 2019-01-18}}
{{County Cavan}}{{Civil parishes of County Cavan}}

2 : Towns and villages in County Cavan|Civil parishes of County Cavan

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