Editing Castlebar (section)

===18th Century===
The [[Linenhall Arts Centre|Linen Hall]], established as a clearing house for local linen materials, was completed in 1790.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/31209038/the-linen-hall-linenhall-street-knockthomas-castlebar-mayo  |title=The Linen Hall, Linenhall Street, Knockthomas, Castlebar, County Mayo|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref>

====Races of Castlebar====
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Armed conflict has been the centrepiece of the town's historical heritage. French forces under the command of General [[Jean Joseph Amable Humbert|Jean Humbert]] aided in a rout of the British garrison in the town during the failed [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], which was so comprehensive it would later be known as "The [[battle of Castlebar|Races of Castlebar]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishidentity.com/stories/castlebarraces.htm|title=The Rising in the West|website=www.irishidentity.com|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019210822/http://www.irishidentity.com/stories/castlebarraces.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A short-lived provisional [[Irish Republic (1798)|Irish Republic]] had been declared upon General Humbert's arrival at Killala. Following the victory at Castlebar [[John Moore (Irish politician)|John Moore]], head of the Mayo [[United Irishmen]] and the brother of a local landowner, was declared president of the Province of Connacht. His remains are today interred in a corner of the town green, known as the Mall<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2010/06/remembering-1798-in-castlebar.html|title=Remembering 1798 in Castlebar|first=Patrick|last=Comerford|access-date=10 November 2019|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110125000/http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2010/06/remembering-1798-in-castlebar.html|url-status=live}}</ref>