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Revision as of 10:07, 15 June 2007
Ballitore (Béal Átha an Tuair in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, in the Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. Sometimes spelt "Ballytore".
It is noted for its historical Quaker associations. The Quaker School in Ballitore was founded by Abraham Shackleton I (1697-1771) in 1726 which catered for Quakers from many parts of Ireland as well as local children both protestant and catholic.[1]. The meeting-house is now a Quaker Museum.
Demographics
In the 2002 Census Ballitore had a population of 338. In 1837 the population was 933 [2].
Transport & communications
People associated with Ballitore
- Richard Brocklesby, English physician, educated in Ballitore
- Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher
- Paul Cardinal Cullen, cardinal, and the Catholic primate of Ireland
- Mary Leadbeater, local writer & poet
- Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish explorer
Sport
References
- ^ Merchants, Mystics and Philanthropists - 350 Years of Cork Quakers Richard S. Harrison
- ^ Entry for Ballytore in Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
Further reading
- Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers Richard S. Harrison 1997
- Memoirs and letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton, late of Ballitore, Ireland; compiled by their daughter, Mary Leadbeater, including a concise biographical sketch, and some letters, of her grandfather, Abraham Shackleton Shackleton, Richard, 1726-1792. London, Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1822.
- Poems Mary Leadbeater London 1808
- The Annals of Ballitore 1766-1824 Mary Leadbeater ; edited and introduced by John MacKenna ; illustrated by Mary Cunningham. Athy, Co. Kildare Stephen Scroop Press 1986
External links
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