placenamesBallysakeery
Baile Easa Caoire
The church in Lisglennon and nearby glebe house in Mullafarry record Ballysakeery’s parish history and its connection with Doctor Kathleen Lynn.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Easa Caoire · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballysakeery · English · main form
Place & story
A new church in Lisglennon
Ballysakeery’s Church of Ireland building in Lisglennon was under construction in 1806 and completed in 1810. Supported by the Board of First Fruits, it combined a rectangular nave with a western entrance tower. Alterations followed in 1853–1854, including a chancel window designed by Joseph Welland. The church closed in 1980; its roofless remains preserve evidence of both the original building and later improvements. [2]
Kathleen Lynn’s childhood home
Doctor Kathleen Lynn was born at Ballysakeery Glebe House in neighbouring Mullafarry in 1874. Her father, Robert Young Lynn, served as the parish rector. She later became chief medical officer with the City Hall garrison during the 1916 Rising. In 1919 she and Madeleine ffrench-Mullen founded Saint Ultan’s Children’s Hospital in Dublin. Her birthplace gives Ballysakeery a precise connection with her medical and political career. [3]
The glebe house survives neglect
The glebe house was built with a £400 grant and a £400 loan from the Board of First Fruits. After the last resident rector died in 1933, it passed into private ownership. The property later formed part of land acquired for the Asahi synthetic-fibre plant and deteriorated. Emergency repair grants in 2016 and 2017 supported efforts to preserve its surviving fabric, beginning another chapter in the building’s history. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Civil parish
- Ballysakeery
- Coordinates
- 54.17711, -9.17937 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414659 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballysakeery. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballysakeery Church, Lisglennon, register 31302204 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ballysakeery Glebe House: Building of the Month, April 2018 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.