Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares

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Dougal Maguire

#45
March 15, 2023, 09:38:32 PM
Quote from: Orior 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.
It also has a couple of interesting mini roundabouts
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Orior

#46
March 15, 2023, 09:42:38 PM
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 15, 2023, 09:38:32 PM
Quote from: Orior 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.
It also has a couple of interesting mini roundabouts

Modelled on Craigavon, lol

PS. The mini-roundabouts are really shite.
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seafoid

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March 15, 2023, 09:54:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on March 15, 2023, 06:44:20 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on March 15, 2023, 06:21:13 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 15, 2023, 06:04:48 PM
Quote from: Orior 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.
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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The Subbie

#48
March 16, 2023, 10:20:35 AM
Monaghan Town has The Diamond , Church Square , Old Cross Square and a bit of a triangle type of a square at the Market House
There's a magic roundabout just down the road from the Market house on Park Street too , beside the wee chapel.

seafoid

#49
March 16, 2023, 11:32:23 AM
Were the squares used for executions in Ulster ?
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Denn Forever

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March 16, 2023, 11:40:43 AM
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that says what he means and
means what he says...

Orior

#51
March 16, 2023, 12:45:48 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 16, 2023, 11:32:23 AM
Were the squares used for executions in Ulster ?

The centre mall in Armagh is the shape of a coffin.
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AustinPowers

#52
March 16, 2023, 05:58:56 PM
Quote from: Orior on March 16, 2023, 12:45:48 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 16, 2023, 11:32:23 AM
Were the squares used for executions in Ulster ?

The centre mall in Armagh is the shape of a coffin.

Was that  deliberate?

Eamonnca1

#53
March 27, 2023, 06:17:02 PM
It'd be a bit of a misshapen coffin.

Georgian terraces like that sometimes had a nice curve in them. Makes it a more cosy setting. The architecture on the East side of the Mall is stunning, the west side is a bit more hit-and-miss.

Eamonnca1

#54
March 27, 2023, 06:17:40 PM
Anybody in Omagh? I have a question and might need a favour. Private message me if you can help...

Eamonnca1

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March 27, 2023, 06:27:37 PM Last Edit: March 27, 2023, 06:29:19 PM by Eamonnca1
Quote from: seafoid on March 16, 2023, 11:32:23 AM
Were the squares used for executions in Ulster ?

I think that would have been one use for the squares all right, because they tended to attract big crowds. Apparently the word "gala" comes from "gallows," since a "gala day" or "gallows day" would be an event that drew a lot of people.

(Update: I just looked up the etymology and I don't know how accurate that statement is, but I'll just leave it up there anyway.)
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