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The Gaeltacht Irish-speaking region in County Mayo is the third-largest in Ireland with 10,886 inhabitants. These Irish-speaking areas of Mayo contain 5,956 Irish speakers. [49] Tourmakeady is the largest village in this area. All schools in the area use Irish as the language of instruction.
Loughrea (/ l ɒ x ˈ r eɪ / lokh-RAY; Irish: Baile Locha Riach, meaning 'town of the grey/speckled lake'), is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the urban skyline.
Killeenadeema is in the barony of Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland. The civil parish has an area of 98.9 square kilometres (38.2 sq mi). [2] The town of Loughrea lies on the north shore of Lough Rea, a lake. Killeenadeema includes the southern part of Lough Rea and extends south to the border with County Clare. It contains the Derrybrien Wind ...
This is a sortable table of the approximately 3,424 townlands in County Mayo, Ireland. [1] [2] as was the case prior to 1873.It DOES show townlands in the Civil Parish of Inishbofin which were transferred to Galway from Mayo in 1873 and townlands transferred to Roscommon in 1899, around and including Ballaghaderreen.
This is a list of towns and villages in County Mayo, Ireland. A. Achill Sound [1] Attymass [2] B. Balla [1] Ballina [1] Ballindine [1] Ballinrobe [1] ...
Knockmore (Irish: An Cnoc Mór, meaning 'the big hill') [1] is a village in County Mayo, Ireland in the Parish of Backs. [2] It is adjacent to Lough Conn between the towns of Castlebar and Ballina .
Moore Hall, the house and estate of George Henry Moore and family, is situated to the south of the village Carnacon in the barony of Carra, County Mayo, Ireland in a karst limestone landscape. Named for the Irish landed gentry family who built the estate between 1792 and 1795, Moore Hall lies on Muckloon Hill overlooking Lough Carra . [ 1 ]
The Court administered the estate on their behalf until the young heir came of age. The entire estate was offered for sale in 1903. The Land Commission was the purchaser, and later the Forestry Commission acquired Castlekelly and the 1,600 acres (6.5 km 2 ) surrounding it.