placenamesBallymore
An Baile Mór
Estate records and surviving buildings preserve a history of landholding, farm work and public service within the district.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Baile Mór · Irish · main form
- Ballymore · English · main form
Place & story
Lowry’s property at Belmore Place
Robert W. Lowry held Belmore Place outright at Griffith's Valuation in the early 1850s, when the property was valued at £16. The University of Galway's record reports an earlier sale by Netterville Blake to Lowry in 1832. Although the house appeared on successive Ordnance Survey maps, it was demolished during the twentieth century. [2]
The farm courtyard survives
The farm buildings associated with Belmore Place date to around 1850. Single- and two-storey ranges enclose a courtyard, with limestone walls contrasted by red-brick detailing around doors and windows. Circular upper windows and timber sash windows survive among the practical farm openings. The inventory recorded the complex as still in use in 2004, after the main house had disappeared. [3]
A domestic building becomes a Garda station
A two-storey house near Ballymore's western end served as a Garda station from about 1928 until 1990. The building itself is older, dating to around 1860. Its symmetrical front, sash windows and slate roof preserve its domestic origins. The architectural inventory recorded it as derelict in 2004, documenting another change in the use of a local building. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Belmore Place, property6090 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- Belmore Place farm buildings, NIAH15315001 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Former Garda station, NIAH15315002 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-01. How this page was prepared.