Ballyhaise
| Ballyhaise Béal Átha hÉis
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 Ballyhaise
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| Coordinates: 54°03′N 7°19′W / 54.05°N 7.317°WCoordinates: 54°03′N 7°19′W / 54.05°N 7.317°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Cavan |
| Elevation | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | H446110 |
Ballyhaise (Irish: Béal Átha hÉis, meaning "Entrance to the Ford of the Rapid water") is a village in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated some 7 km (4.3 mi) north-northeast of Cavan Town. The River Annalee flows near the town.
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[edit] General information
The village of Ballyhaise is located within the parish of Castletara and contains both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland churches. The village itself is home to Ballyhaise GFC, the local Gaelic football team, their home pitch being Annalee Park, the biggest Gaelic football pitch in County Cavan[citation needed]. In addition to this the village was for many years home to Castletara Youth Band - an accordion marching band which won multiple All-Ireland titles in the late 1990s and early 21st century.
[edit] Buildings of Note
Ballyhaise House, situated on the Annalee river (a tributary of the Erne), was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. It is said to contain the earliest surviving oval room in Ireland and Britain. Its architect was Richard Cassels, a German living in Dublin, who designed many of the capital's finest buildings and squares (including Leinster House). Ballyhaise House has been used as a Teagasc agricultural college since the beginning of the 20th century; celebrating it's centenary in 2006. The bridge near the house is reputed to be nearly 300 years old.
Ballyhaise Market House is a five bay, two storey building.
[edit] Transport
Ballyhaise railway station opened on 1 April 1862, closed for passenger traffic on 14 October 1957, and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1963.[1]
[edit] People
- Seán Gallagher, entrepreneur and candidate in the 2011 Irish presidential election.
- John Crozier, Archbishop of Armagh of the Church of Ireland and Primate of All Ireland (1911–1920)
[edit] Weather record
On December 21st 2010 the maximum temperature recorded in Ballyhaise was -9C and the minimum -14C (average for the day -12C). This was the lowest daily maximum temperature recorded on the island of Ireland since records began in the 1800s.
From Saturday 18th December to Christmas Day (25th) the temperature in Ballyhaise never exceeded -2C and fell to a minimum each day of between -11C and -15C.
[edit] Weather Station
Met Éireann records climate data for Cavan from their station in Ballyhaise.
| Climate data for Ballyhaise, County Cavan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
16 (61) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
26 (79) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
28 (82) |
25 (77) |
20 (68) |
17 (63) |
14 (57) |
30 (86) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) |
−7 (19) |
−6 (21) |
−4 (25) |
−1 (30) |
2 (36) |
5 (41) |
5 (41) |
1 (34) |
−4 (25) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.07) |
68 (2.68) |
66 (2.6) |
58 (2.28) |
57 (2.24) |
57 (2.24) |
59 (2.32) |
89 (3.5) |
58 (2.28) |
98 (3.86) |
68 (2.68) |
76 (2.99) |
832 (32.76) |
| % humidity | 88 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 88 | 89 | 83 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 164 |
| Avg. snowy days | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Source no. 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Ballyhaise railway station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
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