Ballinasloe

Getting there: The nearest town is Ballinasloe, which is one hour from Galway.

Matador Network 2010

Ye should see the kenal boats between Dublin and Ballinasloe.

Vanity Fair 2006

Ballinasloe canal-boat, to entertain no such vain dream.

The Kellys and the O'Kellys 2004

Ballinasloe canal-boat, and reached that famous depot of the fleecy tribe without adventure.

The Kellys and the O'Kellys 2004

We have recently seen the adjournment of the House of Commons moved by the Orangemen because a rate collector in Ballinasloe did not receive the appointment to a post for which he applied, and the demands of

Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Michael F. J. McDonnell

Under his management the work at Ballinasloe has for many years been conducted with clock-work regularity.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

Two long sleeping carriages had also been built for the accommodation of drivers, guards and firemen, which were used also for other fairs as well as that of Ballinasloe.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

Ballinasloe station is on the main line to Galway, 34 miles distant from the “City of the Tribes.”

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

“The rapid travelling” was by what was called the fly boat, which was towed by three horses at a jog trot, and as to cattle, the good-humoured eccentric lady, who Thackeray tells us came from County Kildare, was thinking perhaps of the great Ballinasloe Fair where cattle and sheep assemble in greater numbers, I believe, than at any other live stock fair in the United Kingdom.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

Ye should see the kenal boats between Dublin and Ballinasloe.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920