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Ballycastle (Ireland)

LC control no.no2017104690
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Geographic headingBallycastle (Ireland)
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Geographic subdivision usageIreland--Ballycastle
Variant(s)Baile an Chaisil (Ireland)
Associated countryIreland
Associated placeMayo (Ireland : County) Tirawley (Ireland : Barony)
Doonfeeny (Ireland)
Found inÓ Nualláin, Seán. Excavation of the smaller court-tomb and associated hut sites at Ballyglass, County Mayo, 1998: page 126 (the village of Ballycastle) page 125 (north County Mayo) page 142 (Ballycastle, Co. Mayo)
OCLC, 10 August 2017 (access points (when name can be identified in context as the Ballycastle in the Republic of Ireland): Ballycastle; Ballycastle, County Mayo; Ireland, Mayo, Doonfeeny, Ballycastle; Ballycastle (Mayo, Irlande); as qualifier and subdivision within access points: (Ballycastle, Doonfeeny, Mayo), --Ireland--Ballycastle (Co. Mayo); usage: Ballycastle)
GEOnet, 9 August 2017 (Ballycastle (Approved); Baile an Chaisil (Approved); geopolitical entity name: Ireland; first-order administrative division name: Mayo (English) / Maigh Eo (Irish); 54° 17ʹ 00ʺ N, 009° 22ʹ 00ʺ W; 54.283333 [N], -9.366667 [W]; populated place; no other place named Ballycastle listed in Republic of Ireland)
Logainm.ie (Placenames database of Ireland), 9 August 2017 (Baile an Chaisil; validated name (Irish); genitive: Bhaile an Chaisil; Ballycastle (English); town; county: Maigh Eo / Mayo; barony: Tír Amhlaidh/Tirawley; civil parish: Dún Fhíne/Doonfeeny; latitude: 54.2739791045869990; longitude: -9.3663699677179508; also a townland named Ballycastle in the same civil parish; no other places named Ballycastle listed in Republic of Ireland)
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Wikipedia, 9 August 2017 (Ballycastle, County Mayo; Irish: Baile an Chaisil, meaning "town of the castle") is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, situated northwest from Ballina, near Mayo's north coast in the West of Ireland; on the edge of an Irish-speaking area (Gaeltacht); the parish of Ballycastle is a combination of the two ancient parishes of Kilbride and Doonfeeney; the name Ballycastle was in use as early as 1470 and was referred to as a parish in the Catholic directory of 1836; 54° 16ʹ 59.88ʺ N, 9° 22ʹ 0.12ʺ W; 54.2833 [N], -9.3667 [W])
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