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    Achill Island (/ˈækəl/; Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla) is the largest of the Irish isles and lies off the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo. It had a...
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    friend, Murray McGregor Blacker, a local magistrate, to move to Achill Island, a large island off the coast of County Mayo. McGregor Blacker agreed to sublet...
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    island is 138 according to the 2022 census. To the south-west lies Inishturk (inhabited) and Caher Island (uninhabited), and to the north is Achill Island...
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    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...
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  • Peace House of Prayer (Achill) Ltd, created by an Irish woman, Christina Gallagher, in 1993. The business is based on Achill Island, County Mayo, in Ireland...
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  • 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...
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    National Monument located in Achill Island, Ireland. Carrickkildavnet Castle is located in the southeast corner of Achill Island, across from the Corraun...
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    Achill-henge is a 2011 concrete structure on Achill Island off the northwest coast of County Mayo, Ireland. The term henge is used colloquially only and...
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    Croaghaun (category Achill Island)
    Croaghaun (Irish: Cruachán) is a mountain on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. At 688 metres (2,257 ft), it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland...
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    Achillbeg (category Villages in Achill Island)
    (Achillbeg) is a small island in County Mayo, Ireland, just off the southern tip of Achill Island. Its name means Little Achill. Acaill Bheag was evacuated...
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    Michael Davitt Bridge (category Achill Island)
    County Mayo, Ireland that crosses from Achill Island to the Mainland. The plan for a bridge to connect Achill Island to the Corraun Peninsula was considered...
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    Inishbiggle (category Islands of County Mayo)
    traditionally both a Gaeltacht and Protestant. The island is situated between the northeast of Achill Island and the mainland, and is accessed by boat from...
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    Ireland minister and the founder of the Achill Mission Colony. He established a Protestant mission on Achill Island, County Mayo, in 1834 and worked there...
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  • except: Great Britain and Ireland both from 2011; Isle of Portland from 2005; Achill, Gorumna, Isle of Man, Jersey all from 2006. 2011 Census: Population Estimates...
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    Ireland's largest island, Achill Island, lies off Mayo's west coast Mayo has Ireland's highest cliffs at Croaghaun, Achill Island, while the Benwee Head...
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  • British-born Irish abstract and landscape artist. She lived and worked on Achill Island and was a Saoi of Aosdána. Souter was born Betty Pamela Holmes in Northampton...
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  • Finbar Cafferkey (category People from Achill Island)
    the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk Oblast. Cafferkey was a native of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. Politically, Cafferkey was an Irish Republican...
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  • Achill Rovers F.D.A.C. is an Irish association football club based in Achill Island, County Mayo. The club was founded in 1986 following the merger of...
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    Dugort (category Villages in Achill Island)
    the field'), sometimes spelled Doogort, is a historical village on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. It is next to Slievemore mountain. There are...
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  • Eva O'Flaherty (category People from Achill Island)
    arts and London milliner who founded a successful knitting industry on Achill Island. O'Flaherty was born to Martin O'Flaherty and Mary Frances Barbara O'Gorman...
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    Henson, a Postcard to, appeared in 2020. Other recent volumes include Achill Island Tagebuch (2018), Europa’s Flight (2019), Moments Musicaux (2020), The...
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  • capital of the kingdom of Connachta in Ireland Croaghaun, a mountain on Achill island, County Mayo (Irish name: Cruachán) Cruachan (band), an Irish Celtic...
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  • Fehmarn Sound Strelasund Achill Sound, that separates Achill Island from the mainland Dursey Sound, that separates Dursey Island from the mainland Ballycotton...
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    located northwest of Achill Island approximately 12 miles west of Blacksod Bay. Typical rainfall is 72 inches per annum, and the island is often shrouded...
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    handful of islands and island groups are large enough to be distinguishable on a typical map of the county, namely Achill Island, Clare Island and Inishturk...
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  • of furthering his Protestant evangelical views and his Achill Mission Colony on Achill Island in the predominantly Roman Catholic province of Connaught...
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  • Wales Anglesey Holy Island Ireland Achill Island Aran Islands Rathlin Island Isle of Man Isle of Man Calf of Man Channel Islands Jersey Guernsey Alderney...
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  • "The Gloss Gavlen" (told by John McGinty, Achill Island). pp. 1–9. Curtin (1894). "Balor on Tory Island". pp. 283–295. (No. 13. Michael Curran, Gortahork...
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  • Achill Oysters is a brand of edible oyster that is produced by the O'Malley family on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. The Euro-Toques Food Award...
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  • The Banshees of Inisherin (category Films set on fictional islands)
    on Inishmore (Inis Mór) before moving to Achill Island, County Mayo, later that month. Locations used on Achill include Cloughmore (JJ Devine's Pub), Corrymore...
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