[permalink] [id link]
Achill Island lies in the Barony of Burrishoole, in the territory of ancient Umhall ( Umhall Uactarach and Umhall Ioctarach ), that originally encompassed an area extending from the Galway / Mayo border to Achill Head in Co. Mayo.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Achill and Island
Achill Island () in County Mayo is the largest island off the coast of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast.
Megalithic tombs ( see picture, right ) and promontory forts testifying to this can be seen at Slievemore, along the Atlantic Drive and on Achill Beg Island.
The historic Valley House is located in The Valley, near Dugort in the north-east of Achill Island.
* Achill Island Maritime Archaeology Project
Category: Achill Island
da: Achill Island
de: Achill Island
it: Achill Island
nl: Achill Island
* Ireland's largest island, Achill Island, lies off Mayo's west coast.
Melling portrays Ní Mháille in her novel The Summer King ( part two of the Chronicles of Faerie ) as a ghost who haunts Achill Island, and later as her live self when heroes Laurel and Ian go back in time to win her as an ally.
She lives on Achill Island.
* Gunnera on Achill Island
* Tóin an tSeanbhaile, a village on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Westport House is situated in an impressive parkland setting with a lake, terraces, gardens and magnificent views overlooking Clew Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Achill, Clare Island and Ireland's Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick.
There was also a branch to Achill Island branching off after the station, but this closed in 1937.
In Achill Island the curach is built with double gunwales.
He made several trips to Ireland's western coast and rented Corrymore House near Dooagh, a small village on Achill Island, in 1913.
# REDIRECT Achill Island
From the south side of the bay, between Clare Island and Achill, Bills Rocks can be seen.
File: Memorial for the victims of the Clew Bay Drowning on 15 June 1894 at Kildavenet Graveyard, Achill Island. jpg | Memorial for the victims of the Clew Bay Drowning on June 14, 1894 at Kildavenet Graveyard, Achill Island
Achill and lies
From the southwest part of the bay eastwards are Louisburgh, Lecanvey, Murrisk, and Westport ; north of Westport is Newport, and westwards from there lies Mulranny, gateway to Achill.
It lies on the east side of Achill Island and is the first settlement one reaches after crossing the Michael Davitt Bridge, a swing bridge that joins Achill Island to Corraun Peninsula on the mainland.
Achill and Burrishoole
* Burrishoole ( west Mayo containing Achill, Mulranny and Newport, County Mayo )
Achill and territory
All Irish territory was considered friendly to ' Achill ', and hostile to their opponents.
Achill and ancient
The train provided a great service to Achill, but it also fulfilled an ancient prophecy.
Achill and ),
It is believed that at the end of the Neolithic Period ( around 4000 BC ), Achill had a population of 500 – 1, 000 people.
Gob an Choire or Gob a ' Choire ( English name: Achill Sound ), formerly anglicized as Gubacurra, is a Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland.
According to him, the myths arose from definite local ( especially atmospheric and aquatic ) phenomena, and represented the annually recurring processes of nature as the acts of gods and heroes ; thus, in Achill ( 1853 ), the Trojan War is the winter conflict of the elements in that district.
* 09 — West and West Midlands, including Counties Galway, Mayo and areas of Westmeath: e. g. ( 090 ) Athlone, Portumna and Ballinasloe, ( 091 ) Galway City, ( 093 ) Tuam and Headford ( Co. Galway ), ( 094 ) Castlebar, ( 095 ) Clifden, ( 096 ) Ballina, ( 097 ) Belmullet, ( 098 ) Westport, Achill and off-shore Islands, ( 099 ) Kilronan ( Off Shore ), Aran Islands
Achill and originally
They were originally planned for use on the Mullingar to Sligo mail trains, however they were poor steamers and proved to be underpowered for this work being transferred soon afterwards to the Westport – Achill branch line in western County Mayo — a highly scenic line which passed through the small town of Newport and the village of Mallaranny before reaching the western seaboard at Achill Sound.
Achill and area
Some of the people of Curraun consider themselves Achill people, and most natives of Achill refer to this area as being " in Achill ".
* Colaiste Pobail Acla students project on the Achill area
Achill and from
The Achill Mission began to decline slowly after Nangle was moved from Achill and was finally closed in the 1880s.
Young people from Achill spent their summers work in Scotland.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, there was much migration to Achill from other parts of Ireland, particularly Ulster, due to the political and religious turmoil of the time.
Since 1991, several thousand students from 21 countries have come to Achill to study and participate in ongoing excavations.
* FAI U19 player ) and Manchester United defender Sean McGinty's parents hail from Achill
* podcasts. ie In this series of podcasts on Mayo's Heritage you can hear an excerpt from John Mc Hugh's Heritage Tour of Achill ( ref Programme 6 & Programme 8 )
This road is a basic 2 lane road, and suffers from chronic congestion, particularly in the summer months when thousands of tourists have to negotiate the bottleneck on route to neighbouring Westport and Achill.
Both Boycott and McGregor Blacker were involved in a protracted dispute with Mr Carr, the agent for the Achill Church Mission Estate, from whom McGregor Blacker leased the lands, and Mr O ' Donnell, Carr's bailiff.
Tryon chose the nickname ' Achill admiral ' for himself, from the name of a small island midway between the two bases.
The bridge from Achill Island to the mainland is named after him.
Carrickildownet Castle, Achill Island, from the road
Achill Sound is also the name of the waterway separting Achill Island from the Irish mainland.
The Michael Davitt Bridge is a swing bridge in County Mayo, Ireland that crosses from the Corraun Peninsula to Achill Island.
Plans to build a cable-car link across the very dangerous Bullsmouth Channel, one of the strongest currents in Europe separating the island from Achill had been under discussion since 1996, but have now been abandoned due to the high estimated cost and the money was given towards the Achill bridge redevelopment.
Rails to Achill ( 2001 ) describes the history of the Westport to Achill railway, which ran from 1894 to 1937.
0.128 seconds.