Sheean, Islandeady
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Sheean (Irish: An Sián (Síodhán meaning "a fairy mound")) is a townland in the parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, electoral district of Clogher, in County Mayo, Ireland.[1] It has an area of 0.6 square miles (382 acres, 154 hectares) and borders the townlands of (clockwise from the north) Cogaula, Doon, Dooncastle, Derrygorman, Drummindoo, and Carrownaclea.[2] The eponymous settlement is located on a hill.
Sheean is located on the N5 road east of Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Four parishes meet at Sheean – Aughagower, Islandeady, Kilmeena and Westport. There is also a tumulus in Sheean.[3]
Together with several other townlands Sheean forms an exclave of the parish of Islandeady, separated from the larger part by the territory of the parishes of Aghagower and Kilmaclasser.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "An Sián/Sheean". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Sheean Townland, Co. Mayo". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Christiaan Corlett (1998). "The Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo". The Journal of Irish Archaeology. 9: 9–26. JSTOR 30001690.
- ^ Map on "Civil Parish of Islandeady, Co. Mayo". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 March 2023.