Lawrencetown, County Galway

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Lawrencetown Baile Mór Shíol Anmchadha
Village
Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown
Lawrencetown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°14′12″N 8°10′29″W / 53.2366°N 8.1747°W / 53.2366; -8.1747
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	M880199

Lawrencetown or Laurencetown (Irish: Baile Mór Shíol Anmchadha or simply Baile Mór), historically called Oghilmore and later Ballymore,^[1] is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Located on the R355 regional road nine miles south of Ballinasloe, it lies in the barony of Longford, the civil parish of Clonfert, the Catholic parish of Lawrencetown and Kiltormer, and the townland (earlier) of Lissreaghaun and (later) of Laurencetown or Ballymore; it was historically in the poor law union of Ballinasloe.