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| County Mayo (Irish: Contae Mhaigh Eo, the plain of the yews) is a county on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht. The county town of Mayo is Castlebar, which is also the largest town. Ballina is the second largest town. Mayo is bordered to the south by Galway, to the east by Roscommon, and to the north-east by Sligo. |  |
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| The shrine of Knock is in Mayo close to the border with County Roscommon. Mayo is also home to Croagh Patrick a mountain where St. Patrick is said to have fasted for forty days and nights.
The highest point in Mayo and Connacht is Mweelrea (814 metres). The river Moy in the northeast of the county is renowned for its salmon fishing. Ireland's largest island, Achill, is in Mayo. Michael Davitt, founder of the Land League, was born in Mayo. The bridge to Achill is named after him. |
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| Castlebar (Caisleán an Bharraigh in Irish) is the county town of, and at the centre of, County Mayo, Ireland. A campus of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and the Country Life section of the National Museum of Ireland are two important local amenities. The town is connected by railway to Dublin and the neighbouring Mayo towns of Westport and Ballina. The main route by road is the N5. Its economy is primarily service based. |  |
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The River Moy (Abhainn na Muaidhe in Irish) rises in the Ox Mountains in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. For the greater part of its length the Moy flows southwestward, entering County Mayo and passing not far from Swinford before turning north near the village of Kilmore and heading for the historic town of Ballina, where it empties into Killala Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The river is noted as one of the best salmon fisheries in Europe, and the beautiful Moy valley, with its ancient churches and abbeys, is a prominent tourist destination. |
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