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BALLINCALLA, or BALLINCHOLLA, a parish, partly in the barony of ROSS, county of GALWAY, but chiefly in that of KILMAINE, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles (S. W.) from Ballinrobe, on the road to Cong; containing 3031 inhabitants.  It comprises 7102 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: about one-half of the land is under tillage, one-fourth is pasture, and the remainder waste mountain and bog. A fair is held at Lough Mask, on the 20th of September.

It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Kilmolara: the tithes amount to £328. The glebe-house of the union is situated here, and was erected by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan of £398 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1819: the glebe comprises 20 acres. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district called the Neale. There is one pay-school, in which are about 30 males and 15 females. On the borders of Lough Mask are some remains of an old castle.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

[The civil parish of Ballincholla has two portions, the western portion being within the Barony of Ross.  Whilst Ross is mostly within County Galway, both portions of Ballinchalla are entirely within County Mayo]

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The entry for Ballinchalla from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

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