Culture & Sport
- Ballymahon is home to the Bog Lane Theatre.
- The Ballymahon Scout Troup are active in the area.
- The town has a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club.
- The town has a Soccer Club Ballymahon AFC
- The Inny Kayak Club is also in the town.
- Angling on the River Inny and Royal Canal. (Trout,Pike,Perch,Bream,
Roach,Chub and Hybrids)
- The early twentieth century music-hall star, Gertie Gitana, had a hit with her nostalgic song "There's a cottage in ballymahone. "
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