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John OcallaghanThe Mayo News |
There are many placenames in Mayo that are older than the name of the county. Four of these are associated with the barony of Carra, including the...
THIS is the third article on the townland names in Mayo containing the word ‘field.’This week, before concluding the series in a fortnight’s...
Two weeks ago, we were in the southeastern barony of Clanmorris, where we took our first look at ‘-field’ names. This time, we move further...
IN Irish placenames, the anglicised syllable ‘lena’ or ‘leena’ comes from the Irish word ‘léana’, meaning ‘low-lying grassy place’,...
Out on my walk around Cloonmonad and the Demesne recently, I bumped into Seán Fahy tending to the shrubs inside the Quay entrance to Westport House....