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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2023, 10:41:34 AM »
Has Sneem in Kerry not got a wee square/grass area in the middle of it?

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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2023, 11:04:15 AM »
Does it count if the square (triangle) is mostly grassed?

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The 1992 film, The Playboys, was filmed on location in the village, as was the 1995 film The Run of the Country

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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2023, 12:13:35 PM »
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
It is actually called "The Square".

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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2023, 12:16:42 PM »
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
It is actually called "The Square".
The Square is probably in Mayo.
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2023, 12:19:54 PM »
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
It is actually called "The Square".
The Square is probably in Mayo.
The house of the man - Dillon House - who moved the town from Mayo to Roscommon over water rates faces The Square.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0119/673718-dillon-house-ballaghadreen/
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2023, 01:02:13 PM »
https://townmaps.ie/ has  maps for loads of towns
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2023, 02:16:09 PM »
Every village in Tyrone has folk with big square heads who are often seen out in public, not sure if that excatly fits the criteria though  ???
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #38 on: March 15, 2023, 04:37:35 PM »
Best example I can think off is Castlepollard, Co Westmeath. Has a big green with 4 roads surrounding, pretty sure it hosted a market fair back in the day.
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2023, 05:09:16 PM »
Poyntzpass has a square of sorts. Old photos show the centre of the village heaving with cattle on market day.
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #40 on: March 15, 2023, 06:04:48 PM »
Poyntzpass has a square of sorts. Old photos show the centre of the village heaving with cattle on market day.
What happened the marsh between Lough Neagh and Carlingford Lough ?
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #41 on: March 15, 2023, 06:21:13 PM »
Poyntzpass has a square of sorts. Old photos show the centre of the village heaving with cattle on market day.
What happened the marsh between Lough Neagh and Carlingford Lough ?

Do you mean Páirc Esler?
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2023, 06:25:19 PM »
Does it count if the square (triangle) is mostly grassed?

Redhills, County Cavan
2006 Population = 420

The 1992 film, The Playboys, was filmed on location in the village, as was the 1995 film The Run of the Country

Yep, that counts. Some sort of public space is all I'm looking for.

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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2023, 06:44:20 PM »
Poyntzpass has a square of sorts. Old photos show the centre of the village heaving with cattle on market day.
What happened the marsh between Lough Neagh and Carlingford Lough ?

Do you mean Páirc Esler?

lol.

The Glyn bog has significantly dried up over the past 300-400 years. It still exists, with a lot of meadow land which is prone to flooding.
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Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares
« Reply #44 on: March 15, 2023, 09:19:04 PM »
Rathfriland and Warrenpoint Co.Down.