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Ballina: St. Muredach's Cathedral
Ballina: St. Muredach's Cathedral St. Muredach's Cathedral on the banks of the River Moy in Ballina, County Mayo, Ire.

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Ballina, town, County Mayo, Ireland, on the River Moy. The town, the largest in Mayo, has a modern Roman Catholic cathedral and the remains of an Augustinian friary founded about 1375. Salmon and trout fishing nearby are notable. Hand tools, drills, and medical products are manufactured there. Pop. (2006) 10,056; (2011) 10,361.

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