County Mayo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About County Mayo
In legend, six races of gods conquered Ireland before the coming of mortal beings. When the fourth of these, the Fir Bolg, were overthrown, they were awarded Connacht by way of a peace token. Or perhaps it was a booby prize or "wooden spoon": so it might appear to anyone fated to farm these bleak lands with merely mortal strength. Mayo has been populated since the Stone Ages - they certainly didn't lack stones, but prehistoric forest clearance made a poor soil worse, until bog engulfed the land as at Céide Fields. The county boundaries were laid down in 1585:Mhaigh Eo(meaning Plain of Yew Trees) was at that time a significant abbey settlement, but the abbey disappeared long ago and Mayo village is a tiny place, never the county seat. County Mayo had a hand-to-mouth existence even in the go
County Mayo Travel Guide Sections
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