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'''Ballynary''' ({{Irish place name|Baile an Fharaidh|townland of the fodder}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/44635.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile an Fharaidh / Ballynary | accessdate = 11 March 2020 }}</ref> is the name of a [[townland]] on the eastern shore of [[Lough Arrow]] in the southern corner of [[County Sligo]] in [[Ireland]]. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the [[O'Higgins Family|O'Higgins family]] (or ''Ó hUiginn'' in [[Irish language|Irish]]) for 700 years,<ref>MacKenna, Carlos Juan. 1916. El Origen de don Ambrosio O’Higgins y sus primeros anos en América. Revista Chilen de Historia y Geographia, No. 21. pp. 126-150.</ref> until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by [[Oliver Cromwell]].<ref>O’Rorke, T. (1889) "The History of Sligo Town and County Vol. II – Conclusion" (Dublin: Duffy & Company).</ref> 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.{{fact}} |
'''Ballynary''' ({{Irish place name|Baile an Fharaidh|townland of the fodder}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/44635.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile an Fharaidh / Ballynary | accessdate = 11 March 2020 }}</ref> is the name of a [[townland]] on the eastern shore of [[Lough Arrow]] in the southern corner of [[County Sligo]] in [[Ireland]]. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the [[O'Higgins Family|O'Higgins family]] (or ''Ó hUiginn'' in [[Irish language|Irish]]) for 700 years,<ref>MacKenna, Carlos Juan. 1916. El Origen de don Ambrosio O’Higgins y sus primeros anos en América. Revista Chilen de Historia y Geographia, No. 21. pp. 126-150.</ref> until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by [[Oliver Cromwell]].<ref>O’Rorke, T. (1889) "The History of Sligo Town and County Vol. II – Conclusion" (Dublin: Duffy & Company).</ref> 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.{{fact|date=October 2020}} |
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The townland of Ballynary is just over {{convert|210|acre|ha}} in area, and is just 2km from [[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 was born in Ballynary in 1720/21 and who—emigrating to Spain to escape the discrimination against Irish Catholics in his time—eventually became the [[Viceroy]] of [[Peru]], then part of the [[Spanish Empire]]. His son [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] became the first head of State of [[Chile]].{{fact}} |
The townland of Ballynary is just over {{convert|210|acre|ha}} in area, and is just 2km from [[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 was born in Ballynary in 1720/21 and who—emigrating to Spain to escape the discrimination against Irish Catholics in his time—eventually became the [[Viceroy]] of [[Peru]], then part of the [[Spanish Empire]]. His son [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] became the first head of State of [[Chile]].{{fact|date=October 2020}} |
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The Chilean city of [[Vallenar]] was founded by Ambrose O'Higgins and named for his birthplace, the variant spelling having developed though usage by Spanish-speaking inhabitants. The name of [[Vallenar Bay]] in [[Alaska]] is derived from the Chilean name and thus indirectly from the Irish one.<ref>[http://www.explorenorth.com/articles/rey/spanish-irish.html Place Names in Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands: Spanish and Irish heritage of Southeast Alaska]</ref> |
The Chilean city of [[Vallenar]] was founded by Ambrose O'Higgins and named for his birthplace, the variant spelling having developed though usage by Spanish-speaking inhabitants. The name of [[Vallenar Bay]] in [[Alaska]] is derived from the Chilean name and thus indirectly from the Irish one.<ref>[http://www.explorenorth.com/articles/rey/spanish-irish.html Place Names in Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands: Spanish and Irish heritage of Southeast Alaska]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:50, 7 October 2020
Ballynary (Irish: Baile an Fharaidh, meaning 'townland of the fodder')[1] is the name of a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in the southern corner of County Sligo in Ireland. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family (or Ó hUiginn in Irish) for 700 years,[2] until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell.[3] 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.[citation needed]
The townland of Ballynary is just over 210 acres (85 ha) in area, and is just 2km from 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 was born in Ballynary in 1720/21 and who—emigrating to Spain to escape the discrimination against Irish Catholics in his time—eventually became the Viceroy of Peru, then part of the Spanish Empire. His son Bernardo O'Higgins became the first head of State of Chile.[citation needed]
The Chilean city of Vallenar was founded by Ambrose O'Higgins and named for his birthplace, the variant spelling having developed though usage by Spanish-speaking inhabitants. The name of Vallenar Bay in Alaska is derived from the Chilean name and thus indirectly from the Irish one.[4]
References
- ^ "Baile an Fharaidh / Ballynary". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ MacKenna, Carlos Juan. 1916. El Origen de don Ambrosio O’Higgins y sus primeros anos en América. Revista Chilen de Historia y Geographia, No. 21. pp. 126-150.
- ^ O’Rorke, T. (1889) "The History of Sligo Town and County Vol. II – Conclusion" (Dublin: Duffy & Company).
- ^ Place Names in Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands: Spanish and Irish heritage of Southeast Alaska
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