Crossmolina
Encyclopedia
Crossmolina or Crosmolina is a town in the Barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo
, Ireland
, as well as the name of the parish
in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn
. Crossmolina is about 9 km west of Ballina
, on the N59 Road
as it travels west through Erris
to Bellacorick
and Bangor Erris
Glencastle
, Belmullet
and the Mullet peninsula
.
The abbey was dissolved in the 1537. Around 1630 the abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake. The dissolution deprived the people of a centre of hospitality, culture and education.
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, as well as the name of the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn
Lough Conn
Lough Conn is a lake in County Mayo in the province of Connacht in Ireland and covers about 14,000 acres . With its immediate neighbour to the south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the Atlantic by the River Moy...
. Crossmolina is about 9 km west of Ballina
Ballina, County Mayo
Ballina is a large town in north County Mayo in Ireland. It lies at the mouth of the River Moy near Killala Bay, in the Moy valley and Parish of Kilmoremoy, with the Ox Mountain range to the east and the Nephin Beg mountains to the west...
, on the N59 Road
N59 road (Ireland)
The N59 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It commences in County Sligo, south of Sligo Town at the Belladrehid interchange with the N4 north of Ballysadare. The route circles around the west of Ireland, passing west from Sligo into County Mayo and through Ballina. The N59 continues...
as it travels west through Erris
Erris
Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over , much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name Erris derives from the Irish 'Iar Ros' meaning 'western...
to Bellacorick
Bellacorick
Bellacorick or Bellacoric is a townland in County Mayo, Ireland. It comprises an area of . The area is remote, virtually uninhabited blanket bog which was once used mainly for milled peat production. Nowadays, it is a Special Area of Conservation because of the unique nature of the intact blanket...
and Bangor Erris
Bangor Erris
Bangor Erris is a town in Kiltane parish in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland with a population of 500. It is on the banks of the Owenmore River and is the gateway to the Erris Peninsula linking Belmullet with Ballina and Westport, nestled at the foot of the "Bangor Trail" a 22-mile mountain pass across...
Glencastle
Glencastle
Glencastle is a village of about 30 people in the northwest of County Mayo, Ireland. The townland incorporates an area of . The Irish language is still dominant there.- Topography :...
, Belmullet
Belmullet
Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of around 2,000 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. Its name means the "mouth of the mullet"...
and the Mullet peninsula
The Mullet
The Mullet Peninsula, also known as the Mullet, is a peninsula in the barony of Erris in County Mayo, Ireland. It consists of a large promontory connected to the mainland at Belmullet , a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, by a narrow isthmus. There are several small towns on the Mullet peninsula...
.
Foundation
The abbey of Crossmolina was founded by a member of the landowning De Barry family. Little remains of this foundation today. In 1306, three Normans were indicted for robbery from the abbot. During the 15th century, Crossmolina passed into Bourke Family. In 1526 O'Donnell of Tir Conaill (Co. Donegal) invaded Tirawley and demolished Crossmolina castle.The abbey was dissolved in the 1537. Around 1630 the abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake. The dissolution deprived the people of a centre of hospitality, culture and education.
Chronology
- 6000 B.C.: First settlers arrived in Ireland
- 1000 B.C.: Crannog Builders arrived
- 600 B.C.: Arrival of the Celts, who brought a new language and the use of iron
- 400 B.C.: Flowering of the Celtic social structure and the division of land by family. The Hy-Fiachra became controllers of the plain of Catree and Glen Nephin. The names of the two chiefs were O'Maolina and O'Gavechan.
- 441 A.D.: Saint PatrickSaint PatrickSaint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
arrived in Mayo. Errew Friary founded in the 7th century according to tradition by St. Tiernan. The monastery was originally called Mainishir Taobh Thiar do Shruth. - 1152: Synod of Kells: Killala diocese sanctioned.
- 1300: Saint Mary's Abbey built by the Barretts as a priory dependent on Ballybeg near Buttevant, Co. Cork.
- 1306: Three Normans, John, son of William of Ratheogan, Walter de Usser, and Walter de Cogan, were indicted for robbing the Abbot of Crossmolina.
- 1368: Enniscoe was passed from the Barretts to the Burkes.
- 1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
- 1631: In the 1630s Crossmolina Abbey and its lands came into the possession of Sir Richard Blake.
- 1653: Cromwell's soldiers passed through Mayo
- 1693: Test Acts enacted followed by further severe penal laws
- 1795: Ulster Migration to Mayo. 4,000 Catholics flee to Mayo after the "Battle of the Diamond". Crossmolina area.
- 1798: The United Ireland Rising
- 1800: Act of Union passed
- 1806: A new Catholic Church costing 200 built (now part of the Parochial Hall)
- 1810: 7 years of potato crop failure
- 1822: Potato crop failure
- 1828: The Mayo Telegraph launched on 17 March
- 1829: Catholic Emancipation throughout the U.K.
- 1830: General crop failure in Co. Mayo
- 1831: Crossmolina Relief Committee formed in March 1831
- 1839: Night of the Big WindNight of the Big WindThe Night of the Big Wind was a severe European windstorm which swept without warning across Ireland on the night of January 6 - January 7, 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths; 20% to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked...
- 1845: 45/49 The Great Famine begins
- 1860: St. Tieman's Church built
- 1869: Anglican (Protestant) Church disestablished in Ireland
- 1878: The Mayo Telegraph purchased by James DalyJames Daly (Irish Land League)"James Daly, a forgotten founder of the irish land league"James Daly was an Irish nationalist activist best known for his work in support of tenant farmers' rights and the formation of the Irish National Land League.-Beginnings:Daly was a conservative Catholic from a...
of Boughadoon http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/News/ConnTel/CTHistry/JDaly.htm and its name changed to the Connaught TelegraphConnaught TelegraphThe Connaught Telegraph is a weekly local newspaper published in Castlebar, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. The paper is in broadsheet format , and published every Wednesday. It has the second highest circulation of the paid for Mayo newspapers...
http://www.con-telegraph.ie/ - 1879: Mayo League founded on October 21. Claims of apparition at Knock on August 21.
- 1882: Western People founded.
- 1880-84: The Crossmolina Conspiracy
- 1884: G.A.A. founded
- 1887: Crossmolina branch of the G.A.A. founded, known as Crossmolina Dr. Crokes
- 1891: Congested Districts Board established
- 1892: Crossmolina Church repaired at a cost of 1,100. New altar 200. First mass by Bishop Conmy on Christmas Day
- 1893: The bridge at Crossmolina was erected at a cost of £3,500, and opened for traffic on November 2
- 1895: Boys School built. Sappers (Royal English) came to Crossmolina in September.
- 1898: Local Government Act. Mayo County Council established.
- 1907: Crossmolina Church new bell on St. Patrick's Day
- 1912: Convent of Jesus and Mary opened in Errew.
- 1912: Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914.
- 1913: Crossmolina Town Hall opened on Sunday April 11
- 1913: Home Rule passed and shelved 'for the duration'
- 1914: The Great War begins
- 1916: Easter Rising in Dublin
- 1918: The Armistice
- 1920: Miss Mollie Canavan opened Errew Hotel on Friday 21 May
- 1930: Electric light introduced into Crossmolina in August
- 1936: Mayo won All Ireland Senior Football title
- 1950-51: Mayo won All Ireland Senior Football title
- 1957: Crossmolina Vocational School opened
- 1992: Crossmolina A.F.C. soccer club is formed
- 1997: Crossmolina native Marc RobertsMarc RobertsMarc Roberts is a singer-songwriter, originally from Crossmolina, County Mayo, and now based in Galway. Prior to 1997, he fronted his own band doing own original work and American country classics. In May of that year he represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Mysterious Woman",...
represents Ireland in the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. He came a credible second with the song Mysterious WomanMysterious Woman"Mysterious Woman" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in English by Marc Roberts.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Roberts singing about a woman he saw at an airport . He sings that he was instantly attracted to her, despite having no knowledge about...
. - 2001: Crossmolina Deel Rovers become the first Mayo GAA club to win the All Ireland Club Football championship on Easter Monday. They brought the Andy Merrigan cup to Mayo for the first time to a tumultuous welcome from thousands of people on the streets of Crossmolina.
- 2005: Crossmolina becomes ADSLAsymmetric Digital Subscriber LineAsymmetric digital subscriber line is a type of digital subscriber line technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. It does this by utilizing frequencies that are not used by a voice...
enabled - 2006: Crossmolina Development Plan Launched
- 2006: Crossmolina Festival re-established after 20 years
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland