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Castlebar

British  
/ ˌkɑːsəlˈbɑː /

noun

  1. the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was given a 17-month suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court in Mayo on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2025

We were in Castlebar, County Mayo, at the home of Rooney’s mother, Marie Farrell.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

Ms. Rooney arrived at Trinity College, Ireland’s most elite university, from Castlebar in County Mayo, where her father worked as a technician for the state-owned telecom company.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2018

There, he played for the Castlebar Mitchels and won county championships in 1951 and 1952.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2018

Early on that day Humbert left Castlebar to march on Sligo, for he heard that there were few troops in the counties of Sligo and Leitrim.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

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