Ballysakeery Glebe House

Mullafarry, Co. Mayo By David Hicks Ballysakeery glebe house, hidden on a tree-lined road off the R314 from Ballina to Killala, was the birthplace and childhood home of Dr Kathleen Lynn (1874–1955), chief medical officer at the City Hall garrison during the 1916 Rising and co-founder in 1919 of St Ultan’s Children’s Hospital. Owing to ... Read more

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