Bailieborough

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Bailieborough
Coill an Chollaigh

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
53°55′01″N 6°58′15″W / 53.916885, -6.970875

Statistics

Population (2006)

1,966^[1]

Website: www.bailieborough.com

Bailieborough (Irish: Coill an Chollaigh, meaning Forest of the Boar), sometimes spelled as Bailieboro, is a small town in County Cavan in Ireland. It stands at the meeting-point of regional roads R165, R191, and R178.

Main Street, Bailieborough

1 History
2 Buildings of note
3 Amenities
4 Surrounding Areas
5 People
6 See also
7 External links
8 References

[edit] History

William Bailie, a Scottish "undertaker" or Planter, was granted the lands of Tonergie (Tandragee) in East Breffnie by James I. He built a castle and enclosed the demesne by 1629. On his death, the estate passed to his son, William, Bishop of Clonfert.

The castle was destroyed by fire in 1918 and little remains of it.

[edit] Buildings of note

Bailieborough Market House is a three-bay, two-story building, built in 1818 and currently used as a library. Fully equipped with wheelchair access, it hosts many events such as art exhibitions.

Wesleyan Chapel is the former Methodist Church on Adelaide Road, built in 1835

[edit] Amenities

The town's amenities include a leisure centre, with a gym, swimming pool, sauna and steam room, many playing pitches and local walks. The area is well known and renowned for its lakes and forests.

[edit] Surrounding Areas

Surrounding areas include the senic vantage point of Lough an Lae, the parishes of Killan and Knockbride and the towns of Shercock, Kingscourt and Virginia.

[edit] People

William James was born in Bailieborough in 1771, emigrated to the U.S., made a great fortune in Albany, New York and was the father of Henry James Sr., the renowned Swedenborgian theologian, and the grandfather of author Henry James Jr. and psychologist/philosopher William James.