Mayo,_County_Mayo

Mayo, County Mayo

Mayo, County Mayo

Village in County Mayo, Ireland

Mayo or Mayo Abbey (Irish: Maigh Eo, meaning "plain of the yew trees")[1] is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. Although it bears the same name as the county, it is not the county seat, which is Castlebar. Mayo Abbey is a small historic village in south Mayo approximately 16 km to the south of Castlebar and 10 km north west of Claremorris. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[1]

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History

The village was an important centre in the Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon Christian world in the seventh and eighth centuries. St. Colmán, Bishop of Lindisfarne, founded a monastery here for a group of Saxon monks, called the School of Mayo. Saint Gerald became its first abbot in 670. Danish raiders attacked the monastery in 783 and again in 805.[2] Finally Turgesius completely destroyed it in 818 [2]

The village was the centre of the diocese of Mayo from 1152. It was suppressed in the thirteenth century.[3] Bishops were appointed, however, as late as the sixteenth century.[3] One of its bishops, Patrick O'Hely, who died in 1589, is numbered among the Irish martyr saints.[3] The diocese was formally joined to Tuam by papal decree in 1631.[3]

Culture

The BBC four-part documentary Amongst Women was filmed in Mayo Abbey using the Old Catholic Church, the graveyard and the post office/shop.

Sport

Mayo Gaels is the local Gaelic football team. They compete at all underage levels as well as senior and junior football. [4]

Annalistic references

  • 726 - Gerald, of Magh Eo, died on the 13th of March.
  • 726 - Muireadhach, son of Indreachtach, was slain; he was Bishop of Magh Eo.
  • 905 - The oratory of Magh-eo was burned.
  • M1209.1. Kele O'Duffy, Bishop of Mayo of the Saxons ... died.
  • M1478.1. The Bishop O'Higgin, i.e. Bishop of Mayo-na-Saxon, died.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Maigh Eo/Mayo". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    The Heritage of Mayo by Áine Ní Cheanáinn 3rd edition 1988, page 94
  3. [3]
    Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam history site
  4. [4]
    "Mayo Gaels GAA". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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