Ballymote

Ballymote is a town in in the northwest of Ireland. The town's population in 2022 was 1,700. It has a castle dating from 1300 but its main attractions are the prehistoric sites dotted around the surrounding countryside, the best known being Carrowkeel.
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  • Type: Town with 1,550 residents
  • Description: town in County Sligo, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Baile an Mhóta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballymote railway station and Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballymote.

Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Ballymote in , .

Church
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Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballynacarrow.

Village
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, locally Ballinacarrow, is a village in , Ireland. It is located approximately 19 kilometres south-west of town. The Temple House estate is south of the village. is situated 6 km northwest of Ballymote.

Ballymote

Latitude
54.0885° or 54° 5′ 19″ north
Longitude
-8.5155° or 8° 30′ 56″ west
Population
1,550
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE BMO
Open location code
9C6H3FQM+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52262886
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966492
Wiki­data ID
Q1899651
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Ballymote” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ballymote”
  • Breton: “Baile an Mhóta”
  • Bulgarian: “Балймоте”
  • Cebuano: “Ballymote”
  • Cornish: “Baile an Mhóta”
  • Dutch: “Ballymote”
  • French: “Ballymote”
  • Georgian: “ბალიმოტი”
  • German: “Ballymote”
  • Irish: “Baile an Mhóta”
  • Italian: “Ballymote”
  • Japanese: “バリーモート”
  • Manx: “Baile an Mhóta, Coontae Shliggee”
  • Manx: “Baile an Mhóta”
  • Polish: “Ballymote”
  • Portuguese: “Ballymote”
  • Russian: “Баллимот”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile an Mhóta”
  • Spanish: “Ballymote”
  • Swedish: “Ballymote”
  • Urdu: “بالی موٹ”
  • Welsh: “Baile an Mhóta”

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