There are three Irish-speaking areas in

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

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Erris Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over , much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name Er ...

Achill island Achill Island (; ga, Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest of the Irish isles, and is situated off the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It has a population of 2,594. Its area is . Achill is attached to the mainland by ...

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Toormakeady Toormakeady or Tourmakeady (, the official name) is a Gaeltacht in south County Mayo in the west of Ireland. It is located between the shores of Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains, and covers 66.51 square miles. As at the time of the 2011 cens ...

. Erris is located in North-West Mayo, Achill island is directly south of Erris and Tourmakeady is along the border with

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. There are nearly 2,500 daily Irish speakers in these areas.

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There are over 1,500 daily Irish speakers in

. List of EDs in the Erris area: # Cnoc an Daimh (375) (67%) # An Geata Mór Theas (894) (43%) # Moing na Bó (304) (22%) # An Geata Mór Thuaidh (851) (19%) # Béal Deirg Mór (197) (17%) # Cnoc na Lobhar (816) (17%) # Barr Rúscaí (129) (15%) # Na Monga (249) (14%) # Gleann Chaisil (476) (14%) # Béal an Mhuirthead (1,808) (13%) # Cnoc na Ráithe (782) (13%) # Guala Mhór (119) (8%) # Gleann na Muaidhe (241) (7%)

Acaill

Of the 2,500 people living in the

Achill Achill Island (; ga, Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest of the Irish isles, and is situated off the west coast of Ireland. It has a population of 2,594. Its area is . Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Brid ...

parish area 550 are daily Irish speakers. List of EDs in the Achill island parish area: # An Corran (730) (25%) # Acaill (934) (24%) # Dumha Eige (654) (20%)

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The

Tourmakeady Toormakeady or Tourmakeady (, the official name) is a Gaeltacht in south County Mayo in the west of Ireland. It is located between the shores of Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains, and covers 66.51 square miles. As at the time of the 2011 cen ...

area is an Irish-speaking area in the south of County Mayo along the border with County Galway. It is an extension of the Galway Gaeltacht. There are 1,000 people living in the area and approx. 400 are daily Irish speakers. List of EDs in the Tourmakeady area: # Abhainn Bhrain (242) (54%) # Baile an Chalaidh (229) (41%) # Partraí (38) (31%) # An Cheapaigh Dhuibh (328) (29%) # Baile Óbha (166) (28%) # Tamhnaigh na Graí (50) (10%)

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Gaeltacht Irish language use survey 2007
{{Gaeltacht Gaeltacht places

Iorras

Acaill

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See also

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