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Aasleagh Falls, Co.Mayo are situated at the estuary of the Erriff river near to the village of Leenane on the Galway/Mayo border, beside Killary Harbour. This was the location for the film "The Field" by John B. Keane and many photographs in the local bars show the various stars on location. Mweel Rea mountains at 819m is the highest mountain in Connacht situated just north of Killary Harbour and to the west of Aasleagh Falls. Mweel Rea mountains is the start of a mountain range: Ben Gorm, Ben Creggan, the Sheeffry Hills, Maumtrasna and the Partry mountains. Further north, the landscape is dominated by Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, (765m., 2,510 feet). The county of Mayo stretches from Lough Corrib and the long narrow fjord of Killary Harbour in the south to the barony of Erris and Killala Bay in the north, and from the Atlantic ocean on the west coast to the counties of Sligo and Roscommon on the east. County Mayo got its name from the diocese of that name which evolved from a 7th century monastery established by Saint Colmán and some English monks on 'the plain of yews', about 3km. south of Balla. Mayo became a diocese in the 12th century, but it was amalgamated with Tuam about 500 years later. When the county was established around 1570, it was called 'Mayo'after the famous monastery and diocese. The Irish name for Mayo is Maigh Eo , which means 'plain of yew-trees'. |
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