Eireamhón 1434-1418 BC (Eremon) Éibhear 1434-1433 BC (Eber) Muimhne 1418-1415 BC Luighne 1418-1415 BC Laighne 1418-1415 BC Ir 1415-1415 BC Orba 1415-1415 BC","County Mayo (Mayo, <\/b>Contae Mhaigh Eo<\/b>)<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Galway, Roscommon, and Sligo, County Mayo<\/b> is part of the province of Connacht. The county's boundaries, which were formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time. The history of County Mayo <\/span>is long, with evidence of occupation going back to Mesolithic communities around 4500B. The county has experienced perhaps the highest emigration out of Ireland. From the 1840’s to 1880’s emigrants left the rural townlands of the county initially triggered by the great famine, as well as searching for new work in the United Kingdom and the United States. Today the county has beautiful landscapes and historical sites, such as the tombs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>","Connaught is the westernmost province of Ireland. In the modern era, the spelling changed to Connacht. This province has a population of approximately 424,000 today, and contains the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon,","Ireland<\/strong> was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","County Sligo, (Sligo, <\/b>Contae Shligigh<\/b>)<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Located in the province of Connacht, County Sligo <\/span>has a lovely shoreline and borders County Mayo, County Roscommon, and County Leitrim. Initially formed in 1585, County Sligo<\/b> did not come into effect until 1603. Its boundaries reflect the Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht (Irish: Íochtar Connacht) as it was, at the time, of the Elizabethan conquest. The Caves of Kesh, famous in Irish mythology, are in south <\/span>County Sligo<\/span><\/b>. The recently uncovered work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata, an important place of assembly in the Iron Age.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>","The Irish Potato Famine<\/strong>, also known as The Great Famine<\/strong> or Great Hunger<\/strong> lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.","In America, those who took up arms for the Crown and fought for a United Empire longed to see the English people united under a common flag and sovereign. These largely forgotten U. E. Loyalists (United Empire Loyalists<\/strong>) who resolved not to live under any flag but the British flag were often driven out of the United States.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/county_mayo.webp?pos=floatRight","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/island_of_ireland_sligo.webp?pos=floatRight","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Dawdy","sU":"DOWD","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/DOWD\/IR\/Dawdy\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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