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Béal an Átha
Pearse Street’s bank buildings preserve evidence of commercial investment and the domestic accommodation that accompanied it.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Béal an Átha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballina · English · main form
- Ballinea · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A new Provincial Bank
The Provincial Bank opened a Ballina branch on Knox Street, now Pearse Street, in 1828. A new red-brick bank followed in 1881–82, designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and Son. The architectural survey records limestone dressings, a projecting entrance porch, tiled floors and decorative plasterwork. Banking ended there in 1977; restoration in 2010–11 prepared the building for another use. Orla Murphy’s 2025 account identifies it as the home of the Jackie Clarke Collection. [2] [3]
Banking rooms and living rooms
A different institution, the Bank of Ireland, established its Ballina branch in 1875. Architect Sandham Symes designed its premises and included them in an album recording branches as they stood in January 1879. The Irish Architectural Archive’s account explains the combination of cash office, agent’s office and secure storage with domestic accommodation. Its Ballina drawings preserve the organisation of a building intended to serve both customers and a resident household. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Civil parish
- Kilmoremoy
- Coordinates
- 54.11483, -9.15858
- Mapped area
- 2.21 km²
- Logainm ID
- 34702 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballina. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Building for Commerce: Sandham Symes’s Ballina drawings and Trade and the Irish town, Pivot Points 13, 2025 · Irish Architectural Archive; Orla Murphy
- Former Provincial Bank, Pearse Street/Walsh Street, NIAH31204061 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.