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unusual facts about Carra, County Mayo



1906 Intercalated Games

For his accomplishments he was presented with a ceremonial javelin by King Georgios I. This javelin is still on display in a local pub near Sheridan's hometown in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland.

Andrew Houston

Andrew Houston (Born March 23, 1846 – ?? ) was born in Doonbreeda, Nephin, County Mayo; later moving to Rossendale, credited as the Rossendale Bard.

Battle of Collooney

A long-anticipated French landing to assist the Irish rebellion had taken place on 22 August, when almost 1,100 troops under the command of General Humbert landed at Cill Chuimín Strand, Killala Bay, County Mayo.

Brendan Cusack

Born in Summit, New Jersey, Cusack acquired Irish citizenship from his paternal grandfather, John Cusack, who was born and raised in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.

Carra, County Mayo

There were many prominent Moores born in Moore Hall including Maurice George Moore and George Moore (novelist).

Carrowmore Lake

Carrowmore Lake is situated in the parishes of Kiltane and Kilcommon Erris, County Mayo between the villages of Bangor Erris and Barnatra at the southern end of Broadhaven Bay.

Chorus Communications

NTL also own the remaining MMDS licences (for cells covering counties Dublin, Galway, Mayo, and Waterford).

Claude Carra Saint-Cyr

With the Bourbon Restoration of 1814, Carra Saint-Cyr was created count and named governor of the French Guiana, a position that he would hold from 1814 to 1819.

Don Allum

In September 1987 Allum completed his westward crossing of the Atlantic, from St John's, Newfoundland to Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

Donn Óge Mag Oireachtaigh

Anglicised Geraghty, descendants of the family are still found in large numbers in County Mayo, County Galway, and County Roscommon

Feliksas Vaitkus

He spotted an open field in Cloongowla at Ballinrobe, County Mayo and came down, with the aircraft suffering extensive damage.

Guerrilla Phase of the Irish Civil War

They held out in areas such as the western part of counties Cork and Kerry in the south, County Wexford in the east and counties Sligo and Mayo in the west.

Gunnera tinctoria

In the west of Ireland, G Tinctoria is a major invasive species, in particular on Achill Island and on Corraun Peninsula, County Mayo.

Harry Epworth Allen

In April 2013, two of Allens' paintings, dating from 1942 and 1943, of scenes in Achill Island, County Mayo, were featured on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow.

Hennelly

Hennelly is a surname common to County Mayo in Ireland.

Inish Glora

(Disambiguation: For the island off the west coast of Erris, Mayo, Ireland, see Inishglora)

Irish Hunger Memorial

The cottage at the memorial is from Carradoogan in the parish of Attymass in County Mayo.

Italian modern and contemporary art

It lacked a precise artistic programme and included artists of different styles and temperament, for example, Carrà and Marini.

James Maley

He was born in 1908, one of six children born to Ned Maley, a native of County Mayo and Anne Sherlock from Glasgow, and raised in Stevenson Street in the Calton district of Glasgow.

Jocelyn de Angulo

He is the ancestor of the Costello/Mac Goisdelbach, Mac Jordan Duff, Mac Phillip, de Bhaldraithe/Mac Bhaldrin/Waldron clans of County Mayo.

Joe Brolly

Since retiring he has fashioned a niche in television punditry, becoming "the most lippy and articulate pundit on Irish television", and at various stages irking entire counties, including most of Ulster, Cork, Kerry, and in 2012 being dubbed "the Salman Rushdie of County Mayo".

John-Joe O'Toole

O'Toole qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents, who were born in Mayo.

Jordan de Exeter

The family held lands in the barony of Gallen in what is now County Mayo, later known as Tir Mac Síurtáin or Mac Síurtáin's Country.

Joyce Redman

Joyce Redman was born in Northumberland and grew up in County Mayo, Ireland.

Lacky Ó Máille

Ó Máille, called "the troubled friar" by Brien O'Rourke, was a native of Partry, County Mayo.

Lady of Knock

The song tells of the story of Knock in County Mayo, Ireland when the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.

Land War

The first "monster meeting" (a huge rally) of tenant farmers was held on 20 April 1879 near Claremorris in County Mayo.

Margaret Burke Sheridan

Born in Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland, she was known as Maggie from Mayo and is regarded as Ireland's second prima donna (after Catherine Hayes (1818-1861)).

Martin Birrane

Born in Ballina, County Mayo in 1935, and educated at St. Muredach's College, in Ballina, Birrane made his money in property development.

Massimo Campigli

His family moved to Milan in 1909, and here he worked on the Letteratura magazine, frequenting avant-garde circles and making the acquaintance of Boccioni and Carrà.

MGWR Class D

They were originally planned for use on the Mullingar to Sligo mail trains, however they were poor steamers and proved to be underpowered for this work being transferred soon afterwards to the Westport – Achill branch line in western County Mayo — a highly scenic line which passed through the small town of Newport and the village of Mallaranny before reaching the western seaboard at Achill Sound.

MV Clew Bay Queen

Further success here, led to larger vessels being purchased and she moved south as the Clare Island ferry in County Mayo.

Ó Cillín

Ó Cillín is the name of a family now rendered as Killeen (also Killian and Killion), found mainly in County Roscommon, County Mayo and County Galway.

P. J. Fleck

Fleck and his wife annually host the P. J. Fleck "Live Your Dream" Football Camp that benefits the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation (Friends of Carra), Alopecia Foundation (Locks of Love), Coach Kill's Cancer Fund, and the P. J. Fleck Scholarship Fund.

Robert Fair

Born in Keelognes, parish of Turlough, County Mayo, Ireland, Fair ran as a Social Credit candidate was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 Canadian federal election defeating incumbent Member of Parliament Henry Elvins Spencer.

Ronnie Gibbons

Although born in Wandsworth, Gibbons was eligible for the Republic of Ireland as her grandparents were from Galway and County Mayo.

Scott Simms

Scott Simms is also now known by a number of people who live on the west coast of Ireland following the epic voyage of one of his election posters across the Atlantic Ocean to Keem Bay in the village of Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo.

Smallbrook Junction railway station

Another similar station is Manulla Junction in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland - that however allows interchange between two national network rail routes, rather than between a network route and a heritage route.

Stephen D. Houston

From 1978–79 he spent a year as an exchange student at Edinburgh University, Scotland, where he participated in his first field trips, excavating Mesolithic and Neolithic bog sites in Offaly and Mayo counties, Ireland, and at a Bronze Age henge near Strathallan, Scotland.

The Ballroom of Romance

The film was shot on location in Ballycroy, County Mayo as by 1982 the ballroom which William Trevor had originally written about had been modernized and no longer resembled a dance hall typical of 1950s Ireland.

The Last Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Park Inn Hotel

It was produced by Travelfilm Company and McMar,Ltd/28 and was produced and written by Garry McGee and Lucille Carra and directed by Lucille Carra.

Tourmakeady College

Tourmakeady College (Irish: Coláiste Mhuire Tuar Mhic Éadaigh) is an Irish-speaking voluntary secondary school in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland.


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