We decided to include a variety of historical references and texts with information on Ballinrobe in this category for easy access.
We will also be adding titles of source material for your benefit over the next few months and would welcome any suggestions you may have at myhistoricalballinrobe@gmail.com
"Capture it before it disappears"
A description of Ballinrobe c. 1890 from Ireland (part II): East, West, and South including Dublin and Howth.
Extracts from two short passages on Ballinrobe, by a visitor, from a book published in London in 1888. It was written by Charles Slegg Ward, and edited by William Baxter) with maps by John Bartholomew 1831-1893. They describe Ballinrobe and its area:
A Short History of Ballinrobe
For 6th class at St. Joseph's Primary School, Ballinrobe
Ballinrobe History
Surnames found around Ballinrobe and Co. Mayo in 1890
Ballinrobe History 1837 - History 3
A descriptions of Ballinrobe taken from "A Topographic Dictionary of Ireland "by Samuel Lewis, written in 1837
Ballinrobe Local History
The Books of Survey and Distribution
Ballinrobe Magazine
The Bridge - Ballinrobe Parish Magazine
Ballinrobe Workhouse and what it might have been like.
While the Workhouse in Ballinrobe has mostly been destroyed this clip gives an ideas of what life would have been like for those who had to avail of its services.
Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. History 2
Taken from the Pigots Directory, 1824
History of Ballinrobe - The Parish of Ballinrobe - 4
A descriptions of Ballinrobe is from "A Topographic Dictionary of Ireland "by Samuel Lewis, written in 1837
Lumper Potatos and Ballinrobe workhouse
Ballinrobe workhouse purchased 'lumper potatoes' in September 1842
Mayo History
An interesting website