In loving memory of Margaret Whelan, Ballymarket died March 1907 aged 60.Her Husband Michael died April 1916 aged 82. And Mary Lee died 1923 aged 17 Yrs. Her mother Bridget Lee died Feb, 1929 aged 56 Yrs. Her father Harry lee died may 1946 aged 90 Yrs. Catherine Casey (nee Whelan) died Jan, 1955 aged 78 Yrs. Her Husband Thomas Casey died march 1960 aged 76 Yrs. Thomas Whelan died....1971 aged 89
The old name for Ballymarket is the wonderful townland title of Ballaygavorraga, sadly no longer used. Oral tradition tells us that there was a market there, where, is anyone's guess. Cannon power tells us that an old native in the area told him that they used to sell cabbage plants there! He also notes a placename of 'Cnoc án Phíobaire. = The pipers little hill'