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
Grace O'Malley meeting Queen Elizabeth I
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
Cliffs along the Atlantic coastline of County Mayo, near Ballycastle
Other websites
- Mayo County Council's website
- Map of Mayo Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine