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Achill Island (/ ˈ æ k əl /; Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla) is an island off the west coast of Ireland in the historical barony of Burrishoole, County Mayo. It is the largest of the Irish isles and has an area of approximately 148 km 2 (57 sq mi).
Map of County Mayo's western seaboard Achill is Ireland's largest island Clew Bay contains 141 named islands, along with numerous tidal islets This articles lists the islands of County Mayo, the mainland of which is part of the island of Ireland. Included in this list are named offshore and freshwater islands as recorded by Ordnance Survey Ireland or the Placenames Database of Ireland ...
Sáile (anglicized as Salia or Saula) [1] is a small Gaeltacht village on an easterly peninsula of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. The village has a national school (founded in 1910). The village has a national school (founded in 1910).
Storm Brendan brought heavy rain, strong winds, and surging seas to communities along the coasts of Ireland and Great Britain on January 13.Ireland’s meteorological service, Met Eireann ...
Access to the island is from Cé Mhór, in the village of An Chloich Mhór (Cloghmore), by local arrangement. A lighthouse on Acaill Bheag's southern tip was completed in 1965. A comprehensive book about the life and times of the island and the people and way of life there, "Achillbeg - The Life of an Island", by Jonathan Beaumont was published ...
Gob an Choire or Gob a' Choire (English name: Achill Sound), formerly anglicised as Gubacurra, is a Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the east coast of Achill Island and is the first settlement one reaches after crossing the Michael Davitt Bridge , a swing bridge that joins Achill Island to Corraun Peninsula on the mainland.
Sraheens (Irish: Na Sraithíní [1]) is a townland and boggy area on the island of Achill, County Mayo, Ireland, to the southwest of Achill Sound.The townland, in the southeastern part of Achill, belongs to the barony of Burrishoole in Achill Parish and has an area of 895.47 hectares (8.9547 square kilometres (3.4574 sq mi)).
Erris is located in North-West Mayo, Achill island is directly south of Erris and Tourmakeady is along the border with County Galway. There are nearly 2,500 daily Irish speakers in these areas. There are nearly 2,500 daily Irish speakers in these areas.