It offers a number of competition stretches in fishing, with Perch, Bream, Pike, and Rudd in abundance. There are also a number of Trout Fishing Lakes, which attract visitors from all over Ireland and Europe.
G.A.A. football is played in Corran Park, while soccer is played in Bro. Walfrid Kerins' Park; the latter being named after a famous Ballymote man who founded the Glasgow Celtic Football Club.
Ballymote also boasts an 9 hole golf course, from which many excellent views may be enjoyed of the surrounding countryside.
Also are tennis courts, and one of the best provincial covered handball alleys in Ireland.
Rev Fr James Mc Donagh Rev Fr Greg Hannan
©1998 Parish of Ballymote
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)....................................................... Luke 13: 22 - 30.
Caves of Keash
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