County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. Castlebar and Ballina are the two towns with the most people living in them in the county. The highest point in Mayo and Connacht is Mweelrea.
Towns and villages
The following is a list of the towns and villages in County Mayo:
- Achill Island
- Balla, Ballina, Ballinrobe, Ballintober, Ballycastle, Ballyhaunis, Ballyglass, Ballyvary, Bangor, Belmullet, Bohola
- Castlebar, Charlestown, Claremorris, Cong, Crossmolina
- Derrew
- Foxford
- Geesala
- Keel, Kilkelly, Killala, Kiltimagh, Knock
- Louisburgh
- Mayo, Mulrany
- Newport
- Swinford
- Tourmakeady
- Westport
County Mayo Media
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The Céide Fields Visitor Centre at the Céide Fields Neolithic site in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland.
Statue of St. Patrick Aghagower
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Grace O'Malley meeting Queen Elizabeth I
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William Brown is considered to be a founding father and national hero in Argentina thanks to his efforts during the Argentine War of Independence and subsequent wars to defend the newfound nation
Michael Davitt spearheaded rural agrarian agitation as a leading figure in the Land League
The distribution of the Irish language in 1871. Mayo's relative remoteness meant that Irish was still widely spoken decades after the Great Famine and is still spoken today in the north-west of the county
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County border road sign welcoming travellers to County Mayo at the Roscommon–Mayo border on the N60 road, facing due west between Ballinlough and
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Cliffs along the Atlantic coastline of County Mayo, near Ballycastle
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The flag of *County Mayo (Maigh Eo in Irish) flies outside a house in Mayo in Ireland on the day of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Other websites
- Mayo County Council's website
- Map of Mayo Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
