Buildings and structures in County Mayo

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Archaeological sites in County Mayo, Castles in County Mayo, Hotels in County Mayo, Museums in County Mayo, National Monuments in County Mayo, Places of worship in County Mayo, Railway stations in County Mayo, Kilcommon, Westport House, Knock Shrine, List of National Monuments in County Mayo, Croagh Patrick, Moore Hall, County Mayo, McHale Park, Ashford Castle, Faulagh, Céide Fields, Cong Abbey, Castlebar transmitter, Rockfleet Castle, Burrishoole Friary, Rosserk Friary, Museum of Country Life, Ballintubber Abbey, Rappa Castle, Kiltimagh railway station, Claremorris railway station, Manulla Junction, Mayo General Hospital, Moyne Abbey, Shrule Castle, Ballyhaunis railway station, Foxford railway station, Ballina railway station, Aghalard Castle, Michael Davitt Bridge, Castlebar railway station, Westport railway station. Excerpt: Kilcommon (Irish: ) is a parish in Erris, north Mayo consisting of two large peninsulas; Dún Chaocháin and Dún Chiortáin. It consists of 37 townlands, some of which are so remote that they have no inhabitants. Habitation is concentrated mainly along both sides of Sruwaddacon Bay which flows into Broadhaven Bay, in villages including Glengad, Pollathomas, Rossport and Carrowteige, and in the Glenamoy area further inland. The view from Dún Chiortán promontory fort, Glengad, Kilcommon, Erris.Kilcommon parish takes it name from St. Comán who lived around the end of the sixth century AD. The saint is allegedly buried in the old church yard at Pollatomais, near to the entrance where the walls of the old Church can still be seen. In the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838 (O'Donovan), the writers says "of the old church itself only a part of one gable remains from which little can be learned of its style or age". Much of the Kilcommon landscape of elevated moorland, borders the Atlantic coast. It is a wild and rugged landscape with large tracts of blanket bog, tiny isolated villages, white sandy beaches and towering cliffs of Benwee Head which, for thousands of years has remained relatively unscathed by over-development by successive generations of Kilcommon inhabitants. Farming is small scale non-intensive. Situated at the mouth of Broadhaven Bay, on its 21st century surface, Kilcommon is characterised by its scenery, huge towering cliffs and rugged sea stacks interspersed with miles of white sandy beaches, tranquil islands and vast tracts of blanket bog with its rare and fragile biodiversity. Unlike the west of Ireland landscape further south in Galway and Clare, there are few huge rocks randomly scattered across this landscape. The blanket bog dominates the landscape changing its hues and texture in accordance with the seasons - sometimes fresh and brightest green, sometimes purple and gold and covered with billowing white bog cotton, and, in November and December, the wond