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'''Ballynary''' is the name of a [[townland]] on the eastern shore of [[Lough Arrow]] in the southern corner of [[County Sligo]] in [[Ireland]]. Ballynary is the ancestral seat of the [[O'Higgins]] family (or '''Ó hUigínn''' in [[gaelic]]). Forced off their lands in 1654 by [[Oliver Cromwell]]. The Chief of the O'Higgins Clan today uses the courtesy title of ''The O'Higgins of Ballynary'' or ''Lord of Ballynary'' although his family have not lived there since the 17th century. |
'''Ballynary''' is the name of a [[townland]] on the eastern shore of [[Lough Arrow]] in the southern corner of [[County Sligo]] in [[Ireland]]. Ballynary is the ancestral seat of the [[O'Higgins]] family (or '''Ó hUigínn''' in [[Irish language|gaelic]]). Forced off their lands in 1654 by [[Oliver Cromwell]]. The Chief of the O'Higgins Clan today uses the courtesy title of ''The O'Higgins of Ballynary'' or ''Lord of Ballynary'' although his family have not lived there since the 17th century. |
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The townland of Ballynary contains just over 210 acres and bordered the townland of Ballindoon where the ruins of a Dominican Abbey, founded by the MacDonagh Clan, are located. Ballynary also contains O'Higgins Memorial Park which is dedicated to [[Ambrose O'Higgins]], who became the [[Viceroy]] of [[Peru]], then part of the [[Spanish Empire]], who was born in Ballynary in 1720/21. His son [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] became the first head of State of [[Chile]]. |
The townland of Ballynary contains just over 210 acres and bordered the townland of Ballindoon where the ruins of a Dominican Abbey, founded by the MacDonagh Clan, are located. Ballynary also contains O'Higgins Memorial Park which is dedicated to [[Ambrose O'Higgins]], who became the [[Viceroy]] of [[Peru]], then part of the [[Spanish Empire]], who was born in Ballynary in 1720/21. His son [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] became the first head of State of [[Chile]]. |
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Revision as of 16:13, 25 March 2008
Ballynary is the name of a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in the southern corner of County Sligo in Ireland. Ballynary is the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family (or Ó hUigínn in gaelic). Forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell. The Chief of the O'Higgins Clan today uses the courtesy title of The O'Higgins of Ballynary or Lord of Ballynary although his family have not lived there since the 17th century.
The townland of Ballynary contains just over 210 acres and bordered the townland of Ballindoon where the ruins of a Dominican Abbey, founded by the MacDonagh Clan, are located. Ballynary also contains O'Higgins Memorial Park which is dedicated to Ambrose O'Higgins, who became the Viceroy of Peru, then part of the Spanish Empire, who was born in Ballynary in 1720/21. His son Bernardo O'Higgins became the first head of State of Chile.
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