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Nally Monument, Market Square, Balla, County Mayo
31309018
Representative view of monument.
Reg. No.31309018
Date1895 - 1900
Previous NameN/A
TownlandBALLA
CountyCounty Mayo
Coordinates125551, 284478
Categories of Special InterestARCHITECTURAL ARTISTIC HISTORICAL SOCIAL
RatingRegional
Original Usemonument
In Use Asmonument
 
Description
Freestanding drag edged cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, erected 1899. Damaged, 1921. Street fronted on concrete brick cobbled footpath. Additional photography by James Fraher

Appraisal
A monument erected as a testimonial to Patrick William Nally (1856-91) of nearby Rockstown (cf. 31309012), a member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail for his alleged role as a leader of the so-called "Crossmolina Conspiracy" (1881): meanwhile, gunshot marks record 'damage to the harp…figure…and inscription done by the British Military' during the War of Independence (1919-21).
 
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