Mayo, County Mayo
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| Mayo Maigh Eó
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 Mayo
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| Coordinates: 53°45′00″N 9°07′00″W / 53.7500°N 9.1167°WCoordinates: 53°45′00″N 9°07′00″W / 53.7500°N 9.1167°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Rural | 426 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M263783 |
Mayo or Mayo Abbey (Irish: Maigh Eó, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. Although it bears the same name as the county, it is not the county seat, which is Castlebar. Mayo Abbey is a small historic village in south Mayo approximately 16 km to the south of Castlebar and 10 km north west of Claremorris.
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[edit] History
The village was an important centre in the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Christian world in the seventh and eighth centuries. St. Colmán, Bishop of Lindisfarne, founded a monastery here for a group of Saxon monks in the 670s. For more than a thousand years it remained the most important centre in the region[citation needed] becoming in turn a diocese and a Norman town and giving its name to the county.
[edit] Culture
The BBC four part documentary "Amongst Women" was filmed in Mayo Abbey using the Old Catholic Church, the graveyard and the post office/shop.
[edit] Sport
Mayo Gaels is the local Gaelic football team. They compete at all underage levels as well as senior and junior football.
[edit] Annalistic references
- 726 - Gerald, of Magh Eo, died on the 13th of March.
- 726 - Muireadhach, son of Indreachtach, was slain; he was Bishop of Magh Eo.
- 905 - The oratory of Magh-eo was burned.
- M1209.1. Kele O'Duffy, Bishop of Mayo of the Saxons ... died.
- M1478.1. The Bishop O'Higgin, i.e. Bishop of Mayo-na-Saxon, died.
[edit] See also
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