. Bryan Kennedy owned the corn mill that worked where the present bridge spans the river at Corlack. This mill is spoken of, as the earliest erected mill (on record) in this district.
Bryan Kennedy was married to a Miss Griffin whose two brothers worked as millers in the said mill. I heard my mother to say, she cooked for us, as children, oat meal that was ground in Bryan Kennedy’s mill.
Bryan Kennedy was cousin to Pat Kennedy (engineer by profession) who built and owned the mills at Ballymore. Pat Kennedy, engineer (who, after the famine) was employed to engineer the making of the road from Ballymore to Glenamaddy, and Thomas Hurley, of Corlack and his son, Pat Hurley, were employed to engineer the road from Ballymore to Castlerea.”
“I heard my father say”. He continued, there were people living in houses on both sides of the road from Ballymore to the

A number of people from the Parish of Ballymore make a pilgrimage on Lady Day, and walk in their bare feet to the Shrine at Knock, where they receive Holy Communion, and hear mass - sitting on the grass eat a sandwich and walk the return journey on foot 1938.

Love it is able to conquer us all
But to make them all liars if you'll come with me
It's a lady in America I will have you to beTo you Castle Oliver and Ballymore town
Where me and me true love in the greenfields walk around
The corn being shooting and all things seemed gay
I ne'r thought on anyone since my true love went away.

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I'll sing for you a verse or two, I wont detain you long
My heart and mind being firm and true, so hear my simple song.
My faults are many but you may forgive all little flaws
Just when I say that night and day I'm standing for the cause.
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At every gathering I have been, through Sligo up and down
At Curry, Ballymore and Skreen and Bunninadden town