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BALLINAFAD, a village, in the parish of AUGHANAGH, barony of TIRAGHRILL, county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 ½ miles (N. N. W.) from Boyle, on the road to Sligo; containing 20 houses and 140 inhabitants. A fair is held on the 29th of August; and here is a station of the constabulary police.—See AUGHANAGH.
(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Aghanagh Parish Tirerrill Barony Sligo County |
| Place: | Ballinafad |
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