homes historical around ballinasloe portumna

This is the house in which Colonel Thomas J. Kelly, who escaped being hanged for his part in the freeing of the Manchester Martyrs, lived, it is situated in the Square. Colonel Kelly luckily escaped to New York while the other members; Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the Manchester Martyrs, were hanged.

It is now a public house but still bears the name Kelly's. A plaque was erected on the front of the premises in memory of Colonel Kelly....

An 1819 house replacing an earlier house, it is built around the original central courtyard. It is now owned by a religious order....