Ballaghaderreen.

Eamon deValera pictured outside "The Abbey", Ballaghaderreen in 1918.

The Bishop’s Palace in Ballaghadereen was known locally as ‘the Abbey’ as it was built on the site of an old Abbey.  On 06 May 1918 de Valera addressed an anti-conscription meeting on the Square in Ballaghadereen.  On 17  May he was arrested and jailed in England.  This photograph is believed to have been taken by Joseph Sharkey.

Photo: © Copyright: Roscommon Historical Research 2009. (Image reduced for web).

 

Ballaghaderreen links on this site: (Blue links are live):

Ballagh Advertiser - Free Monthly Newsletter.

Ballaghaderreen Railway Station.

Billheads.

Books, Documents & General Ephemera.

Echoes of Ballaghaderreen - Annual Newspaper.

Memorial Cards.

Monica Duff & Co.

Postcards.

Samuel Lewis description of Ballaghadireen in 1837.

 

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