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{{short description|Village in County Galway, Ireland}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Ballymoe''' (historically ''Bellamoe'', from {{Irish place name|Béal Átha Mó|ford-mouth of Mó}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/18905.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] (see archival records)</ref> is a |
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[[File:Welcome to Ballymoe Sign.jpg|thumb|Welcome to Ballymoe sign in Irish]] |
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| ⚫ | The name Béal Átha Mó is derived from a fort which was built by [[Medb|Meabh]] of [[Connacht]], under the order of Mogh.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} The fort and village would later become known as Átha Mogh Mór and Béal Átha Mogh. The town is now the centre of a small rural area involved in scale mixed farming. Raised [[bog]]s, forts and a mass rock from penal times are features of Ballymoe today.<ref>[http://www.irelandwest.ie/content.asp?id=63 Ireland West] |
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[[File:Fr. Edward J. Flanagan Statue.jpg|thumb|upright|Fr. Edward J. Flanagan statue]] |
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'''Boystown and Fr. Flanagan''' |
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Father Edward J. Flanagan is the founder and visionary for what’s known today as Boystown. He had a dream that every child could be a productive citizen if given love, a home, an education and a trade. He accepted boys of every race, colour and creed. Father Flanagan firmly believed, “There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.” |
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| ⚫ | '''Ballymoe''' (historically ''Bellamoe'', from {{Irish place name|Béal Átha Mó|ford-mouth of Mó}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/18905.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] (see archival records)</ref> is a village in [[County Galway]], Ireland. Ballymoe is situated on the western side of the [[River Suck]] that separates counties [[County Galway|Galway]] and [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]. The [[N60 road (Ireland)|N60]] [[national secondary road]] meets the [[R360 road (Ireland)|R360]] [[Regional road (Ireland)|regional road]] in the centre of the village. |
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He was born on July 13th 1886 into the large Flanagan family at Leabeg, Ballymoe. At eighteen years he graduated from Summerhill College with high honours. When his sister Nellie was returning to America from a visit home he went back with her. He studied for the priesthood in Dunucoochie, Rome and Emitsbury. He was ordained in Innsbruck, Austria and his first appointment was St. Patricks Church, Nebraska. |
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Fr. Eddie always remembers his first sight on arriving in America, lonely boys wandering the streets, fighting among themselves, with nowhere to go. He wanted to help and confided his thoughts to a friend. He got a house and ninety dollars for the first months’s rent. |
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“Boystown” as it is known was created. It went from strength to strength and still exists today. |
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| ⚫ | The name Béal Átha Mó is derived from a fort which was built by [[Medb|Meabh]] of [[Connacht]], under the order of Mogh.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} The fort and village would later become known as Átha Mogh Mór and Béal Átha Mogh. The town is now the centre of a small rural area involved in scale mixed farming. Raised [[bog]]s, forts and a mass rock from penal times are features of Ballymoe today.<ref>[http://www.irelandwest.ie/content.asp?id=63 Ireland West]. Retrieved 23 February 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029100055/http://www.irelandwest.ie/content.asp?id=63 |date=29 October 2006 }}</ref> |
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The federal government called on Father Flanagan to help children both nationally and internationally. After World War II, President Truman asked him to travel to Asia and Europe to attend discussions about children left orphaned and displaced by the war. During a tour of Europe, he fell ill and died of a heart attack in Berlin, Germany, on May 15, 1948. Funeral services for Father Flanagan were held in the Dowd Memorial Catholic Chapel, located at the heart of his beloved Boystown. Today, the church is the site of his final resting place |
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Father Edward J. Flanagan to be considered for sainthood |
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Fr. Flanagan has been put forward for consideration for sainthood, by the Omaha, Nebraska archdiocese, since March 2012. |
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The lengthy process for sainthood originates in the archdiocese, then proceeds to the Congregation of the Causes of Saints in Rome and to the Pope. In order to be qualified as a saint, at least two miracles associated with the person must have occurred after his death. |
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Reverend Steven Boes, national executive director of Boystown, believes that Fr Flanagan is most deserving of the honour from the Church. “Though the process will be investigating proven miracles associated with Father Flanagan, we know that miracles occurred every day in his work to heal children in mind, body and spirit,” said Reverend Boes. “These everyday miracles still occur as Boystown continues Flanagan’s work by saving children and healing families today.” |
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==People== |
==People== |
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*[[Éamonn Ceannt]], one of the leaders of the [[Easter Rising]] and |
*[[Éamonn Ceannt]], one of the leaders of the [[Easter Rising]] and signatory to the [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]] was born in the police barracks in Ballymoe where his father James Kent, an officer in the Royal Irish Constabulary was stationed. The [[Garda Síochána]] barracks in the town today is named in his honour.<ref>[http://www.nli.ie/1916/1916_main.html National Library of Ireland – 1916 Exhibition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916001030/http://www.nli.ie/1916/1916_main.html |date=16 September 2011 }},</ref> |
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*[[Edward J. Flanagan|Fr. Edward J. Flanagan]], founder of [[Boys Town, Nebraska]], was born here |
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*Former Assistant Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, Martin Donnellan, is also from Ballymoe |
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*[[James Daly (mutineer)|James Daly]], executed in 1920 for his role in the [[Connaught Rangers]] mutiny in India, was born in Ballymoe in 1899. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 4 June 2022
Ballymoe
Béal Átha Mó | |
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Village | |
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  Ballymoe Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°42′00″N 8°28′00″W / 53.7°N 8.4667°W | |
| Land | Irland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M692723 |
Ballymoe (historically Bellamoe, from Irish: Béal Átha Mó, meaning 'ford-mouth of Mó')[1] is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Ballymoe is situated on the western side of the River Suck that separates counties Galway and Roscommon. The N60 national secondary road meets the R360 regional road in the centre of the village.
History
[edit]The name Béal Átha Mó is derived from a fort which was built by Meabh of Connacht, under the order of Mogh.[citation needed] The fort and village would later become known as Átha Mogh Mór and Béal Átha Mogh. The town is now the centre of a small rural area involved in scale mixed farming. Raised bogs, forts and a mass rock from penal times are features of Ballymoe today.[2]
Menschen
[edit]- Éamonn Ceannt, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising and signatory to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was born in the police barracks in Ballymoe where his father James Kent, an officer in the Royal Irish Constabulary was stationed. The Garda Síochána barracks in the town today is named in his honour.[3]
- Fr. Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Nebraska, was born here
- Thomas Charles Beirne, Australian businessman, politician and philanthropist, was born nearby.[4]
- James Daly, executed in 1920 for his role in the Connaught Rangers mutiny in India, was born in Ballymoe in 1899.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ^ Ireland West. Retrieved 23 February 2007 Archived 29 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Library of Ireland – 1916 Exhibition Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine,
- ^ Biography of Berine
