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history of Kiltimagh from the late nineteenth century. Order your copy here
1239 - Kiltimagh part of the Barony
of Gallen
1500's - Parish church at Killedan is
destroyed by fire and rebuilt
1608 - Fransiscan Friary at Killedan
has its lands seized
1646 - Fransiscans return to
Killedan
1650's - Ormsby family arrive
1731 - "Report on the state of
Popery in Ireland" records one priest ministering in Killedan and
there is one mass house.
1798 - Two local men, Browne and
Gill of Garryroe join French forces and are captured after defeat at
Ballinamuck, Co Longford.
1799 - Thomas Ormsby, Ballinamore
compensated for losses suffered during 1798 disturbances
1799 - Raftery born at Killedan
1825 - Handball Court built in
Kiltimagh
1829 - Only three Kiltimagh people
qualify to vote - Richard NcNicholas, John Mimey, and Patrick Dillon
1831 - Population of parish recorded
at 6,162
1835 - Death of Raftery
1835 - Five schools recorded in the
parish with enrolment of 532
1837 - First Ordnance Survey map of
Kiltimagh published
1839 - Kiltimagh suffers damage in
'Night of the Big Wind'
1840 - Formation of Swinford Poor
Law Union to which Kiltimagh will have two elected members
1846-47 - From October '46 to April '47
400 deaths occur in parish due to the famine
1848 - 145 people evicted in
Treenagleragh by Earl of Lucan
1851 - Census shows devastation of
famine results in population drop of 20% in 10 years
1879 - 20,000 attend land agitation
meeting in Kiltimagh. Land League has 700 members in Kiltimagh
1880 - 2,500 in danger of starvation
due to famine
1881 - Local woman Kate Byrne shot
by RIC during during riot at Treenaglersgh
1885 - First pig fair
1887 - Kiltimagh GAA Club formed
1887 - Many injured when police
attack peaceful land march in the town
1888 - Church of The Holy Family is
dedicated
1889 - Land League hut erected by
local committee for Tom Kelly, Pollagh who was eveicted
1887 - Newtownbrowne school opened
1895 - First train officially stops
at Kiltimagh station (picture opposite).
1895 - Names selected for streets of
the town
1897 - Arrival of St Louis sisters
1898 - Branch of Gaelic League
formed
1901 - 7,000 attend big nationalist
meeting in Market Square
1903 - Convent National School opens
1909 - Jim Kelly is World Handball
Champion
1914 - Company of Irish Volunteers
formed in Kiltimagh
1914 - Kiltimagh GAA Club win their
first conty c'ship beating Ballina in the Junior final
1916 - Five men are killed in train
crash outside Kiltimagh
1916 - Following Easter Rising Sean
Corcoran arrested and deported to prison in England
1917 -  Two Volunteers from Kiltimagh arrested for drilling, charged with
illegal assembly and with being members of an illegal organisation.
They are Seán Corcoran (Brigade O/C) and Thomas Ruane (Vice Brigadier).
1914-1918 - Eight Kiltimagh men known to
have died in World War 1
1920 - Bohola RIC Barracks burned
down by Kiltimagh Battallion of IRA
1921 -
- Town terrorised by Black
and Tans
- Sean Corcoran shot dead by
RIC
- British troops surround
church during mass but local activists escape
- Auxillaries occupy business
premises on Main St
1922 - Free State Officers Lt. Jack
Benson, Capt. Jim Ruane and Serg. John Byrne (picture below).
1922 -
- Death of fr Denis O'Hara
- Comdt. Tomas Ruane shot
dead by republicans
- Republican ambush at
Ballinamore results in 26 being captured by Free State Army
1923 -
- One innocent man killed in
ambush at Kinaffe that goes wrong
- A second ambush at Glore
leaves an innocent girl seriously injured along with one Free State
soldier dead, three injured and six republicans injured
- Kiltimagh railway station
burned down
1923 (January 15th) - Death takes
place of Captain James Higgins, National Army, Kiltimagh, after a period of illness in the Military Hospital,
Claremorris. The 25 year old captain was in charge of transport in
Swinford and joined the Volunteers as a teenager (picture opposite right).
 1924 - Sean Lavan represents Ireland
at the Olympic Games in Paris (picture left).
1925 - Cottage Hospital becomes
permanent Garda barracks
1926 - Gene Tunney, whose parents
came from Kiltimagh becomes World Heavyweight Champion
1928 - Sean Lavan captains Irish
Olympic team in Amsterdam
1933 - Street violence follows
results of General Election
1935 - First radio broadcast from
Mayo is a concert from St Louis Convent
1938 - Sisters of St John of God
purchase Ballinamore House
1943 - William Walsh, the Labour
candidate, defeated in General Election
1944 - Kiltimagh Brass Band at
Friary Grounds, Ballyhaunis
Back row (L to R): Tony Dever, M. P. Coyle, Mattie Ruane, James Conlon,
Stephen Garvey, Art O'Neill, Michael Murtagh, Frank Walsh, Sean She.
Front row (L to R): Paddy Cafferty, C. Lyndon, Liam McDonagh, M. L. Stritch,
Tom O'Neill, Pat Maher, John McDonagh. Mascot: Master Ruane.
1944 - Tragedy sees eight people die
in fire at Ruane's, Main Street.
1944 - Opening of Savoy Cinema
1945 - Woman killed by a train at
the level crossing
1947 - Catherine Clarke, Aiden St
leads INTO during national teachers strike as president
1947 - Worst blizzard in living
memory hits country in Feruary/March
1953 - Irish Spinners factory opened
c1953 - Mr. Micko Kelly collecting
the post at Kiltimagh Station (opposite)
1955 - Kiltimagh Fire Brigade formed
1956 - Sean Lavan - medical officer
for Irish Olympic team.
1961 - Diamond Ballroom opens
1961 - Treenagleragh National School
opens
1962 - Opening of new Fire Station
From left to right: John
Joe Walsh (Station Officer), Paddy Murtagh (Sub-Station Officer), Billy
Conroy, P. J. Murtagh, Johnny Kelly, Mikie Joe Kilduff, Denis Charlton,
Jimmy Kelly
1968 - 'Coillte Come Home' festival
draws thousands to the town
1974 - Ballinamore House handed over
to Western Care
1974 - Liam McDonagh provides
multi-channel television to the area
1976 - Official opening of Gilmartin
GAA Park
1977 - Tom Jordan chosen as Mayo Man
of the Year
1983 - Kiltimagh Community Radio
(KCR) on the air for summer months
1984 - Official opening of Town Hall
Theatre
1985 - Farah Manufacturing Company
announce plans to set up in Kiltimagh
1985 - Kiltimagh twinned with
Craughwell, Co Galway
1988 - Community Centre sports
complex opened
1988 - Quaker City String Band make
first visit for St Patrick's Day parade
1989 - IRD Kiltimagh launched
1989 - Town Museum opened on June
18th by Boston businessman Mr. Tom Flatley, a native of the parish and one
of the many emigrants who left for America in the 1950's.
1991 – IRD wins ESB Community
Enterprise award for its development plan
1993 - CMS Peripherals sets up
operation in Kiltimagh
1996 - Brian Mooney wins Mayo Man of
the Year award
1996 – IRD wins National AIB Better
Ireland award
2000 – CMS purchase and move into
the former Farah factory.
2003 – Kiltimagh is one of 19 towns
to have fibreoptic broadband facilities installed
Source : Kiltimagh -
Our Life & Times' a detailed account of the history of Kiltimagh
from the late nineteenth century Order your copy here
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