![]() Mill Chimney- built c.1860, used for an old saw mill. The creameries were built by farmers themselves and by 1913 the numbers had strengthened to almost 1,000. During the first two decades of the 20 th century, the co-operative creamery was established in nearly every district in Ireland. The Creamery Co-Op- Ballaghaderreen Co-Op was set up in 1898. LTD closed their doors for the final time. As the years went on many of the departments had to close and in March 1986 Monica Duff and Co. Monica Duffs was also the home to Ballaghaderreen’s first post office which also included a shipping office. There was also the famous Mon Duff bakery, alcohol and tobacco was also sold. ![]() There was also a yard dealing with builder’s supplies, farm seeds and animal feeds. It now had a drapery department, an ironmongers, and a boot, shoe and leather warehouse. Deane was a great business woman and developed the shop to the point where it was Ballaghaderreen’s biggest employer, as there was now many additions to what was once a small grocery shop. Thomas later handed over the shop to his widowed sister Monica Duff and she later passed it on to her daughter Anne Deane. This shop would later become the famous Monica Duffy and Co. Thomas Dillon, a member of the famous Dillon political family set up a small grocery shop on the town’s main street in 1812. It is now the home of the Border Midland and Western Regional Assembly. LTD was once a thriving department store in Ballaghaderreen and contributed to the growth of the town. It was also used to house the public library. At one point it was also the base for the table tennis club and it was also used by the boxing club. It served many purposes feis competitions and play rehearsals were held here, St. Brigid’s Hall- with its entrance through the Back Way, seemed a sort of satellite of St. Douglas Hyde spoke after he came from the U.S.A in 1906. It also became known as the building in which Dr. Films were shown six nights a week with a children’s matinee on Sunday afternoons. Mary’s Hall was also known as the Ariel Cinema. This was built between the years of 1898-1902 when it was decided that Ballaghaderreen needed a leisure outlet. Mary’s Hall- now the youth centre situated on Chapel Lane opposite the Cathedral. Three offers were received, the statue that now stands in the graveyard was donated by Mrs. There is a small grotto with a statue of the Virgin Mary, well known Irish TV personality Gay Byrne helped in getting the statue when there was an appeal made on his radio show. It was once an overgrown area but thanks to a FÁS scheme in 1988 it was transformed into a Garden of Remembrance. The graveyard contains a variety of carved grave markers including decorative crosses. Mary’s Graveyard/Old Graveyard– Roman Catholic graveyard, c. It later served as a science hall for St. It continued to operate well until 1933 when the ESB arrived. A cylinder diesel engine was installed in 1930 to increase output. A new design of turbine was installed in 1925 which could be controlled from the power house. The first turbine was a belt driven Dynamo type and required a worker who had a phone nearby with a link to town to receive instructions. In 1912 it was decided water power would be used to generate electric current to cope with the new demand for lighting.Ī cutting was made on the river Lung. The power house had two suction gas engines run on gas produced from Welsh Anthracite. Hydro Power Station- The original power house and town supply of electric current was designed by Louis Lawless in 1906. Partridge is buried in Kilcoman cemetery. He was jailed for his part in the rising and died as result of a hunger strike in 1917. ![]() He played a part in the strike of 1913 and he fought in the 1916 rising. Tower House- was the former rent collector’s office. Strickland also succeeded in opening a railway line for the town. He was also responsible for the building of a market place called The Shambles, it had 16 lock-up stores and was sponsored by Lord Dillon. Strickland helped out financially with the construction of the town’s cathedral. These points coincide with those marked on the Discover Ireland town walking map.Ĭharles Strickland- at the beginning of the 19 th century Ballaghaderreen was redesigned by Charles Strickland, who was a land agent for Lord Dillon.
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