Rossport: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 23:51, 16 August 2009

Template:Infobox Irish Place For the Ontario town, see Rossport, Ontario

Rossport (official name: Ros Dumhach) is a Gaeltacht village in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It came to national prominence in 2005 when five local men were jailed for refusing to allow Royal Dutch Shell access to their lands. Shell, with the assistance of the Irish government, plan to lay a raw gas pipeline straight from the Corrib gas field through the village. In 2007, Rossport native Willie Corduff won the Goldman Environmental Prize for his opposition to Shell's plans for the area.

Mural of executed Shell opponent Ken Saro Wiwa and some of his poetry (translated into Irish) on a Rossport gable

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Stopshellpier.JPG|thumb|400px|Rossport pier, overlooking [[Srahwuddacon Bay]]]] -->
 {{Infobox Irish Place|
   |name        = Rossport
@@ Line 17: / Line 18: @@
 '''Rossport''' (official name: '''Ros Dumhach''') is a [[Gaeltacht]] [[village]] in northwest [[County Mayo]], [[Ireland]]. It came to national prominence in 2005 when [[Rossport Five|five local men]] were jailed for refusing to allow [[Royal Dutch Shell]] access to their lands. Shell, with the assistance of the [[Irish government]], plan
-to lay a raw [[natural gas|gas]] pipeline straight from the [[Corrib gas field]] through the village.  In 2007, Rossport native [[Willie Corduff]] won the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] for his opposition to Shell's plans for the area. <ref> http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/605  </ref>
+to lay a raw [[natural gas|gas]] pipeline straight from the [[Corrib gas field]] through the village.  In 2007, Rossport native Willie Corduff won the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] for his opposition to Shell's plans for the area.
+[[Image:Pics2.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Mural of [[execution|executed]] [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] opponent [[Ken Saro Wiwa]] and some of his poetry (translated into [[Irish language|Irish]]) on a Rossport gable]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 ==See also==
 *[[Rossport Five]],
+*[[Shell To Sea]]
 * [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
@@ Line 31: / Line 32: @@
 [[Category:Towns and villages in County Mayo]]
-[[Category:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)]]
 [[ga:Ros Dumhach]]