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Ballyglass (Irish : An Baile Glas, meaning 'Green Village') is a small village in central County Mayo in Ireland. It is situated about 10 miles from Castlebar, and closer to Claremorris and Ballinrobe.

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Infrastructure

Ballyglass consists of one shop, two pubs, a primary school, a playschool, a community centre, a tennis court, a soccer pitch with a flood-lit training pitch, a soccer team [1] a post office. There is also a part-time dispensary. The Garda barracks was shut down in 2013, [2] and was sold at auction in 2021. [3] The Old Ground, now a public house, was originally built as a warehouse. A court house was situated where Murphy's guest house is today. [4]

The Garda Barracks was originally built to house a hotel to support a planned train station. However, plans changed and no train station exists in Ballyglass today.[ citation needed ]

Education

Mountpleasant National School was built in 1888 and was the Community Centre, but was vacated in 1986.[ citation needed ]

A new playschool began construction in December 2008 when the then Minister of State for Children, Barry Andrews, visited Ballyglass and "turned the sod" for the new childcare facility.[ citation needed ] The new building was due to be built at the rear of the Mountpleasant National School.[ needs update ]

Sport

Ballyglass Football Club was founded in 1975. [5] It was originally housed in the Turlough, but moved uphill to their modern stadium, named Michael Keaveney Park. The club has won the Mayo Association Football League title twice. [5]

Archaeology

Excavations at Ballyglass have uncovered a tomb and a house from the Neolithic period. The tomb is a megalithic "court cairn," which is a type common to Western Ireland. [6] During the excavation of the center-court tomb in 1970, a rectangular timber house (neolithic house) was uncovered. [7] The house dates from a somewhat earlier time, although both are thought to be from roughly 3000 BCE, and the house is one of very few Neolithic houses known to archaeologists in the entirety of Ireland and Great Britain. [6]

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References

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  2. Hennessy, Michelle (31 January 2013). "Closure of 95 garda stations to go ahead today". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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