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((Short description|Town in County Monaghan, Ireland))
((More citations needed|date=February 2018))
((Use dmy dates|date=February 2020))
((Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019))
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'''Ballybay''' (((Irish place name|Béal Átha Beithe|mouth of the ford of the [[birch]])))<ref name=logainm>((cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1411634 | title = Béal Átha Beithe/Ballybay | website = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | publisher = [[Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht|Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]] and [[Dublin City University]] | access-date = 17 February 2020))</ref> is a town and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The town is centred on the crossroads of the [[R183 road|R183]] and [[R162 road|R162]] [[Regional road (Ireland)|regional road]]s.

== Geography ==
The town is the meeting point for roads going to [[Monaghan]], [[Castleblayney]], [[Carrickmacross]] and [[Clones, County Monaghan|Clones]]. The town grew up from the convergence of the roads. The town is built beside a large lake, Lough Major (In Irish "Lough Mór") and the smaller Lough Minor. The Dromore River also runs through the south of the town, past Pearse Brother's Football Grounds, and past the Riverdale Hotel.

== History ==
The town was founded in the eighteenth century by members of the Jackson family. They worked in the linen industry . The Town Council was established in 1870. The town was famous and the town was named 'Ballybea' but now, it is called 'Ballybay'. It was a famous town where there were markets, fairs, public meetings, arrangements, parade marshals and events for all organisers. It was a fair town at that time. The linen industry was booming during this time. It was declining in an area such as Ballybay due to the mechanisation of the site, the power sail and the power of the steam boiler.

During the First World War, the town was established as a major horse trading post, supporting trades such as harness makers, blacksmiths, blacksmiths and nailers.

The town commissioners had meetings in 1871 with bank representatives, businessmen, and various people who were interested in the development of the town. In terms of town layout, water supply, street lighting and a waste management plan were established.

After that, markets and events were taking place in the centre of the town and there were goods such as linseed, a bag of corn, meat, horses and farm fruit.

==Buildings of note==
[[File:First Presbyterian Church, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan - geograph.org.uk - 961113.jpg|thumb|First Presbyterian Church, Ballybay was built in the late 18th century and expanded in the late 19th century]]
Ballybay Market House is a four-bay two-storey building built in 1848.<ref>((cite web |title=Ballybay Market House, Main Street, Church Street, Ballybay, MONAGHAN |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41307035/ballybay-market-house-main-street-church-street-ballybay-monaghan |website=Buildings of Ireland |access-date=14 July 2023))</ref>

Ballybay also has a hotel, Riverdale, as well as Ballybay Community college, the local secondary school.((citation needed|date=February 2020))

==Transport==

===Rail transport===
[[Ballybay railway station]] opened on 17 July 1854, was closed to passenger traffic on 14 October 1957 and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1960. Part of the station office can be seen today. The railway line was opened in 1849 and extended west to Ballybay in 1854. After that, the railway system was named after the Northern Irish Railway and the Ulster Railway. It was called the Great Northern Railway (GNR). Emilie Leslie was involved in the planning of the railway. It was agreed that the station would be built to the south of the originally planned location and that the goods warehouse would be built to the east of the station house itself. The people were still using the train during the Second World War and more staff were hired at this time.

===Coach/bus transport===
[[TFI Local Link|Local Link]] route M2 links the village with [[Monaghan]] several times daily Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.
Collins Coaches provide a daily service from the town to [[Dublin]] via [[Carrickmacross]], [[Ardee]] and [[Slane]].<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.collinscoaches.ie/images/Timetable011012.pdf |title=Collins Coaches Dublin Commuter Timetable |access-date=2013-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907015805/http://www.collinscoaches.ie/images/Timetable011012.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-07 |url-status=dead ))</ref> [[Bus Éireann]] route 162 serves the town on schooldays linking Ballybay to [[Doohamlet]], [[Castleblayney]], [[Newbliss]], [[Clones, County Monaghan|Clones]] and [[Monaghan]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://buseireann.ie/pdf/1313763418-162.pdf |title=Bus Éireann Table 162|access-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025060643/http://buseireann.ie/pdf/1313763418-162.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2012 ))</ref>

== Religious Services ==

There are three churches in the town today:

* Saint Patrick's Church - [[Roman Catholic Church]] ([[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher]])
* Second Presbyterian Church Ballybay - [[Presbyterianism]]
* Christ Church Ballybay - [[Church Of Ireland]] ([[Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)]])

==Tourism==
Today the town welcomes tourists and bird watchers who frequent the town to make use of the newly renovated lake district built around the local Lough Major.((citation needed|date=February 2020)) The town is also a destination for fishermen who travel to the town to take part in various fishing competitions. Many tourists travel to The Ballybay Wetlands Centre, which is a popular area for birdwatchers and hikers.((citation needed|date=February 2020))

== Notable people ==
((See also|Category:People from Ballybay))

== Sport ==
The local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] club is [[Ballybay Pearse Brothers]]. The club's home ground is Pearse Park, located on the outskirts of the town. Since 1935, the club has won the [[Monaghan Senior Football Championship]] on 9 occasions, most recently in 2022. ((As of|November 2019)) Ballybay have 3 players on the [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan senior football panel]].

== In popular culture ==
The singer / songwriter [[Holly Johnson]] from the band [[Frankie Goes To Hollywood]] the Irish part of his family called McGloughlins came from Ballybay.

The singer / songwriter [[Tommy Makem]] wrote a lighthearted song about the town, "In the Town of Ballybay".

The Jackson family of Ballybay were involved with the United Irishmen movement.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~fbond/hughjackson01/d1.htm |title=Descendants of Hugh Jackson |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111094624/http://home.earthlink.net/~fbond/hughjackson01/d1.htm |archive-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.thesilverbowl.com/familytree/JACKSONs-Lisnaboe.html|title=The Silver Bowl: Lisnaboe JACKSONs))</ref>((Better source needed|date=November 2019)) One such Ballybay Jackson and United Irishman, James Jackson, fled to the United States where he became a politician,<ref name=histshoals>((cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/historyshoals2.htm|title=LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA: HISTORY OF THE SHOALS |access-date=21 September 2008 |work=TimesDaily |date=25 February 1999))</ref> and owner of the [[Forks of Cypress]] Plantation. He is also a white ancestor of author [[Alex Haley]] and is a character and subject of his book ''[[Queen: The Story of an American Family]]'' and the miniseries [[Alex Haley's Queen]].((citation needed|date=November 2019))

==International relations==
((See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland))

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Ballybay is twinned with the town of Osterhofen/Gergweis in Bavaria.

On 4 November 2008 an informal reception was held in Ballybay Town Council chambers for a visiting group from [[Osterhofen]] / [[Bavaria]] who were dressed in traditional Bavarian costume. The visit was organised in celebration of the 50th visit to the town by Karl–Heinz Herzegger, who had been instrumental in the setting up of the original twinning agreement.<ref name="B57">((cite web|url=https://www.ballybay.ie/index.php/town-twinning-history|title=Town Twinning - Ballybay and Gergweisweb|website=Ballybay - Clones Municipal District|access-date=11 March 2018))</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
*[[Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland|Market Houses in Ireland]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((commons category-inline))
*[http://ballybay.ie Ballybay.ie (Ballybay-Clones Municipal District website)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060113030549/http://www.monaghan.ie/ballybaytc/index.asp Monaghan County Council]

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