The Mall in Castlebar, County Mayo, is a public park in the middle of the town.
It was originally used as a cricket pitch and belonged to the Lucan family.
It was given the name, The Mall, because of a double line of trees which connected it with the lawn of the Lucan family home.
In 1888 The Mall was donated to the people of Castlebar by the 4th Earl of Lucan.
The trees which now surround it were planted in 1870.
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Type of Building:
Sporting
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1790
Irish Rebellion 1798: Races of Castlebar
27th Aug 1798
1840
Famine 'disturbed districts' targeted by Coercion Act
29th Dec 1847