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22. Condado: Mayo - Capital: Castlebar
Province:Connacht -
Area:5,397 km2 - Population: ~ 125.000 - www.mayococo.ie
El Condado de Mayo (en irlandés: Maigh Eo) es un condado en la costa oeste de Irlanda. Se encuentra en la provincia de Connacht. La capital de Mayo es Castlebar.
Mayo is bordered to the south by Galway, to the east by Roscommon, and to the north-east by Sligo. Castlebar and Ballina are by far the two most populous towns in the county, with 10,729 and 10,146 residents respectively according to the 2006 census; with Ballina being much larger by land area. These are followed by Westport, a popular tourist town, which has 5,140 residents. The fourth largest town is Claremorris with a population of 3,170. Other towns include Ballinrobe, Ballyhaunis, Belmullet and Swinford.
Geography
The highest point in Mayo and Connacht is Mweelrea (814 m/2,670 ft). The river Moy in the northeast of the county is renowned for its salmonfishing. Ireland's largest island, Achill, lies off Mayo's west coast.
Charlestown Towns and villages
Achill Island, Balla, Ballina, Ballinrobe, Ballintober, Ballycastle, Ballyhaunis, Ballyvary, Belmullet, Bohola, Boytown, Castlebar, Charlestown, Claremorris, Cong, Crossmolina, Derrew, Foxford, Geesala, Islandeady, Keel, Kilkelly, Killala, Kiltimagh, Knock, Louisburgh, Mayo, Mulrany, Newport, Shrule, Swinford, Tourmakeady, Westport
Ballycastle - Ballycroy ¨- Ballyglass - Ballyhaunis - Ballyheane / Errew - Ballyvary - Bangor - Belcarra
Belderrig ¨- Belmullet - Bohola - Bonniconlon - Carnacon - Carracastle - Castlebar - Charlestown - Claremorris - Clare Island - Clogher - Clonbur (Galway) - Cong - Cross - Crossmolina - Doohoma - Drummin / Brackloon - Easky (Sligo) - Enniscrone (Sligo) - Foxford - Geesala - Hollymount - Irishtown - Islandeady - Kilkelly - Killala - Killawalla - Kilmaine - Kilmovee - Kiltimagh - Knock - Lacken - Lahardane - Leenane (Galway) - Louisburgh - Manulla - Mayo Abbey - Moygownagh - Mulranny - Murrisk - Newport - Partry / Kilkieran - Pontoon - Shrule - Straide - Swinford - The Neale - Tooreen - TuarMhic Eadaigh¨-
Turlough - Westport
Slievemore mountain dominates the centre of the island Places of interest
The Knock Shrine is in Mayo, close to the border with County Roscommon. Mayo is also home to Croagh Patrick, a mountain where St Patrick is said to have fasted for forty days and nights, although worship connected with the mountain is believed to have preceded the arrival of Christianity.
Ashford Castle, Achill Island, Ballintubber Abbey, Ceide Fields, Clare Island, Clew Bay, Croagh Patrick, Ireland West Airport Knock, Lough Mask, Mullet Peninsula, Nephin Beg Mountains, Partry Mountains, Rockfleet Castle
See also
Mayo County Council - Castlebar transmitter - Connacht Irish
List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Mayo)
Earl of Mayo - Mayo College
External links
Mayo County Council's website - Connaught Telegraph - Tourism in West Ireland
Mayo Web Directory - Club Mayo - Map of Mayo - Western People
County Mayo Genealogical records
Mayo Echo - Mayo's Free Weekly Newspaper (Published online) - Photos of Mayo
Castlebar Restaurants
Cox's Restaurant and Bars - Bar One -Tulsi Restaurant - Raynards Restaurant
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Castlebar Pubs & Nightlife
QT Nightclub - Shotts - Mulroy's
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Castlebar (Irish: Caisleán an Bharraigh, meaning Barry's Castle ) is the county town of, and at the centre of, County Mayo, Ireland. A campus of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and the Country Life section of the National Museum of Ireland are two important local amenities. The town is connected by railway to Dublin and the neighbouring Mayo towns of Westport and Ballina. The town has several small satellite villages around it, such as Breaffy. The main route by road is the N5. Its economy is primarily service based. The population at the 2006 census was 11,891 (including environs).
History
The modern town grew up as a settlement around the de Barry castle in the 12th century and was later the site of an English garrison. A military barracks operates in the town to this day. Armed conflict has been the centrepiece of the town's historical heritage. French forces under the command of General Humbert aided in a rout of the English garrison in the town during the failed Irish Rebellion of 1798. This was so comprehensive that it would be known as "The Races of Castlebar". A shortlived provisional Republic of Connaught was declared following the victory and John Moore, head of the Mayo United Irishmen and the brother of a local landowner, was declared its president. His remains are today interred in a corner of the town green, known as the Mall, previously the cricket grounds of Lord Lucan, whose family, the Binghams, have owned and own large tracts of the town and county. The town received its charter from King James I in 1613 and is today governed by an urban district council, a subdivision of Mayo County Council. The Lake in Castlebar is also known as Lough Lannagh.
The Irish National Land League was founded by Michael Davitt, of Straide in Co. Mayo, at the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar on 21 October 1879.
Culture
Castlebar is the location for important festivals and traditions, among which is the International Four Days Walk. A well-established blues music festival in venues across the town takes place on the weekend before the first Monday in June each year.
Castlebar is home to The Linenhall Arts Centre which exhibits visual art throughout the year, as well as hosting live drama and music performances. The Linenhall also organises a children's arts festival (Roola Boola) annually. The Royal Theatre & Event Centre, with a capacity of two thousand two hundred fully seated, four thousand standing[1], hosts larger-scale productions and popular music concerts.
There are Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland (Anglican), Elim Pentecostal and Spiritualist churches in the town. There is a recently established Mayo male voice choir, and Mayo Orchestra. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Castlebar experienced significant immigration, growth and investment.
Retail
Castlebar is traditionally a market town, and it is still a major destination for shoppers from all over the west of Ireland. It boasts an increasing number of national and international chain stores, and several new shopping areas have been developed in the past 10-12 years on what were considered the outskirts of the town. The modern shopping precinct along Hopkins Road is now the commercial heart of the town, surpassing Main Street.
Castlebar is the second biggest retail centre in Connacht, after Galway city. A survey by consultants Experian showed that €284 million is spent in by shoppers in Castlebar every year. The Irish Retail Centre Rankings (http://press.experian.com/documents/showdoc.cfm?doc=3152) show Castlebar is the 12th biggest retail centre in the Republic of Ireland in terms of retail spend, and 20th on the island of Ireland overall.
However, the survey counts many major shopping centres separately from the cities they are situated in. If the spend for several major shopping centres in the Dublin area are included with the Dublin figures, Castlebar moves up to the seventh-biggest retail centre in the Republic. It is surpassed only by the Republic's five main cities, and the town of Tralee.
Social Life
Castlebar has a selection of places to eat and drink. There is a broad range of types of food available, Italian (El Moretto, Portifino), Indian, Chinese, Irish (An Carraig,), Fastfood (Cafollas, Danollas, Blue thunder, Top Nosh, Supermacs, McDonalds, Apache Pizza. Cafe's (Cafe Rua, Moka, McCarthys)
See also
List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
Museum of Country Life
External links
Official Castlebar website* Castlebar Railway Station
Connaught Telegraph
Castlebar info at Mayo on the Move
Castlebar International 4 Day's Walks
Mayo Echo
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Mayo's attractions include delightful uncongested holiday resorts, excellent angling or fishing waters, exciting walking and mountain climbing trails, a good choice of golf courses, opportunities for many other types of activity-holidays, as well as some of the most interesting archaeological and historical sites in Ireland.
Some of the main attractions include Croagh Patrick and the Marian Shrine of Knock.
County Mayo got its name from the diocese of that name which evolved from a 7th century monastery established by Saint Colmán and some English monks on 'the plain of yews', about 3km. south of Balla. Mayo became a diocese in the 12th century, but it was amalgamated with Tuam about 500 years later
When the county was established around 1570, it was called 'Mayo'after the famous monastery and diocese. The Irish name for Mayo is Maigh Eo , which means 'plain of yew-trees'.
Main Tourist Attractions
· Ballintubber Abbey - Claremorris
This 13th century abbey is unique, not only is it the only church in Ireland still in use which was founded by an Irish King, but it is also the one Irish church where for over 781 years Mass has been offered without a break. Its story is graphically told in a video documentary on show at the abbey. Founded in 1216 by the last King of Connaught, Cathal Crovdearg O'Connor, for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine order, the Abbey had large tracts of land in the district until the dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VII. Retreats, pilgrimages and tours are available today. The Celtic Furrow Visitors Centre provides guided tours of the region, tracing 5,000 years of Irish culture.
· Croagh Patrick - Westport - Westport
The Pilgrimage mountain of Croagh Patrick is located close to Wesport town. In 441 AD St. Patrick reached the summit of Croagh Patrick and fasted for 40 day. St. Patrick is also noted for banishing the snakes from Ireland. A wonderful experience and challenge on a fine day. Spectacular view of County Mayo. For info on Guided Tours of Croagh Partick
· Doon - Archaeological Nature Peninsula - Cong
A designated Area of Scienific Interest, Accredited a National Heritage Area. Doon Promontory Fort, on Lough Carra, with sites from Late Bronze Age, enclosed in a spectacular landscape of mountain, lake and woodland, is one of the largest identified site of its type in Ireland. A self-guided Tour along a woodland trail from our earliest ancestors, through Bronze Age (2,000 B.C.), Iron Age (300 B.C.), Early Christian and Norman Times. A town noted for the filming of the Quiet Man, with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Many connections with the Quiet Man are on show. Also the location of Ashford Castle, a high quality hotel with private golf course.
· Kiltimagh Museum - Kiltimagh
In the 1980s the Historical Society acquired the old Goods Store of Kiltimagh Railway Station and turned it into a Museum. Two old Railway Carriages were acquired to commemorate the thousands of our people who had had to emigrate, and these were incorporated into the Museum. Now the Museum houses many artifacts from our past, such as the Land League Banner, buried for safety in a bog for forty years, the instruments of the 19th century town band, items from Kiltimagh Lace School, Railway artifacts and many other items reflecting different aspects of our past.
· Michael Davitt Museum - Foxford
The Michael Davitt Museum and the adjoining community centre were opened at Straide on 23 April 1984 to honour its native son, 'the father of the Land League' and one of Ireland's greatest patriots. Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was the founder, chief organiser and inspiring genius of the Land League, the biggest mass movement in modern Irish history, which transformed tenant-farmers into owner-occupiers by constitutional means.
· Museum of Country Life - Castlebar
Turlough Park, Almost 200,000 visitors in first year of business. Complete with restaurant. Here you can immerse yourself in the lives of our rural ancestors from the mid - 19th to the mid - 20th centuries. Lifestyles which were established for several hundred years came to an end well into living memory, and here amidst furniture and fittings, the tools they used to work the land and the clothes and textiles they wore, you can reach out and touch those vanished lives.Turlough Park is the site of the first de Burgo castle and the impressive High Victorian Gothic style house was built in 1865 by the Fitzgeralds, who farmed the surrounding land. Today the museum offers guided tours, an audio - visual exhibition, lectures, workshops, special events, family days, a museum shop & cafe.
Cottage in Cong
· Quiet Man Film Locations - Cong
County Galway has several locations which were used in the making of the file. The Quiet Man. Visit the main film locations in an organised tour or join the Quiet Man Fan Club.
· The Marian Shrine - Knock
Our Lady's Shrine Knock, is one of the great Marian shrines of the world, attracting over 1,500,000 visitors annually. It is an oasis of peace, tranquility and deep spirituality where many who come to see, remain to pray and find reconciliation. Knock is the scene of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John on 21 August 1879, witnessed by fifteen local people.
· The Tóchar Valley - Westport
A beautiful area of rural communities stretching from Balla to Murrisk, at the foot of Croagh Patrick, "Ireland's Holy Mountain". Steeped in antiquity, the unspoiled countryside is liberally sprinkled with churches, Celtic artifacts and historical sites. The Tóchar Phádraig pilgrim route, which links these townlands and villages for a distance of 55km., is the ancient pilgrim pathway to Croagh Patrick.
· Westport Zoo - Westport
Westport, a tourist town with wildlife park and zoological gardens.
Heritage Sites
· Céide Fields - Ballina
Ballycastle - 8 miles from Ballins. Beneath the wild boglands of North Mayo lies Ceide Fields, the most extensive stone age monument in the world; field systems, dwelling areas and megalithic tombs of 5,000 years ago. In addition, the wild flora of the bog is of international importance and is bounded by some of the most spectacular rock formations and cliffs in Ireland. The Visitor Centre houses displays and exhibitions in English and Irish.
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¿Lo sabía?
Ceide Fields al Norte de Mayo es el monumento de la Edad de Piedra más grande del mundo
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Mayo
Prepárese para evocadores paisajes y un sinfín de atracciones históricas
Mayo sobresale como uno de los condados más pintorescos de Irlanda. Pero mientras que la agreste costa le deja boquiabierto al ser golpeada por las poderosas aguas del Atlántico, no se olvide de que hay mucho más que hacer en Mayo, el oeste de Irlanda.
Ceide Fields es el Monumento de la Edad de Piedra más antiguo del mundo. Croagh Patrick es donde el santo patrón de Irlanda ayunó durante 40 días en el año 441dC, y la Isla de Achill es un precioso lugar al borde de Europa occidental, repleto de historia y paisajes espectaculares.
Y por si todo eso no fuera suficiente, hay un montón de pueblecitos encantadores que visitar, como Westport, en un emplazamiento privilegiado, a Cong, hermosa y tranquila localidad.
Castlebar International Four Days' Walking Festival
Féile na Tuaithe - Turlough Park - A Celebration of Country Life Today
OLD DEANERY HOLIDAY COTTAGES - General Offer
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Sitios y atracciones turísticas
Achill Island
Achill Island es la isla más grande de Irlanda con paisajes encantadores: montañas, hermosas playas, acantilados,... Hay 3000 habitantes que les acogerán calurosamente. Descubrirán también sus modos de vida.
Overlooking the west coast of Achill Island
Ceide Fields
Es un sitio arqueológico que comprende un museo y un campo datando de la Edad de piedra (hace 5000 años). Muestra la vida diaria de los habitantes durante esta época. Está situado en la costa Norte de Mayo, entre Belderrig y Ballycastle.
Clare Island
Clare Island es una isla encantadora y romántica donde hay varias especies de parejas. Podrán hacer excursiones en un espléndido paisaje.
Hay solamente 150 habitantes.
Podrán llegar a Clare Island por barco desde Louisburgh o Westport.
Westport y Clew Bay
Westport fue diseñada en el siglo XVIII por James Wyatt, con planos muy precisos. Está situada cerca de la montaña Croagh Patrick y dominada por la bahía (Clew Bay.) Westport está clasificada como ciudad de patrimonio por la guía turística irlandesa Bord Failte. Hoy, es un importante centro turístico, famoso gracias a su arquitectura. El paseo "The Mall", bordeado de árboles es la viva imagen de este patrimonio.
Clew Bay, la bahía con 365 islas, es un encantador lugar para navegar o relajarse.
Knock Shrine
Es un lugar de peregrinaje ineludible. Los irlandeses van a Knock Shrine al menos una vez en sus vida. Cada año, el "Lourdes irlandés" acoge un millón de peregrinos de todas nacionalidades.
Foxford Woollen Mills
Foxford Woollen Mills es una fábrica de textil tradicional que produce lana irlandesa. Hoy en día ha vuelto una famosa atracción a Irlanda que consiste en la explicación de las técnicas de fabricación del Tweed y la historia de la ciudad de Foxford.
Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick (765m) es la montaña sagrada de Irlanda. Cada año, millones pelegrinos suben a su cima. Desde la cumbre, las vistas son espléndidas: podrán admirar las islas Inishturk e Inishbofin al suroeste, Clare Island al noroeste y la bahía Clew Bay al norte con Achill Island en segundo plano.
El condado de Mayo tiene otros numerosos tesoros. Para obtener más información, pueden visitar nuestra página web que muestra las ciudades o contactar con las oficinas de turismo locales.
Información del condado de Mayo, Irlanda
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Este post del condado de Mayo lo tenía ayer acabado a las 6 de la tarde y justo segundos antes de que lo subiera hubo un apagón de luz en el edificio y lo perdí todo, o sea que he tenido que rehacerlo todo, o sea que a ver si lo leéis con mimo...