Mayo, County Mayo
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| Mayo Maigh Eo |
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| Irish grid reference M263783 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Mayo | |
| Elevation: | 72 m | |
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Population (2002) |
426 |
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Mayo or Mayo Abbey (Irish: Maigh Eo, 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] See also
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