Glenamoy () is a village on the R314 road in the parish of

Kilcommon Kilcommon ( ga, Cill Chomáin) is a civil parish in Erris, north County Mayo, Mayo consisting of two large peninsulas; Carrowteige, Dún Chaocháin and Táin Bó Flidhais, Dún Chiortáin. It consists of 37 townlands, some of which are so remo ...

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in the northern part of

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Topography

Glenamoy is a general term for the following townlands: * Bellagelly North (''Béal a Ghoile'' meaning "mouth of the stomach") * Bellagelly south (''Béal a Ghoile'' meaning "mouth of the stomach") * Baralty (''Barr Altaigh'' meaning "hills/cliffs/anything high") * Bunalty (''Bun Altaigh'' meaning "base of the hills/cliffs") * Gortleatilla (''Gort Liatuile'' meaning "field of the little grey stream") * Srahnaplaia (''Srath na Pláighe'' meaning "holm of the plague") * Pollboy (''Poll Buí'' meaning "yellow hole") * Lenarevagh (''An Léana Riabhach'' meaning "grey meadows") *

Barrooskey Barroosky (Also spelt as Barroskey or Barrooskey. Irish: ''Barr rúscaigh'', meaning "marshy land") is a townland within the civil parish of Kilcommon in the County of Mayo, Ireland. It is located within the parish of Kilcommon-Erris. Histo ...

(''Barr Rúscaigh'' meaning "moory or marsh land") The townlands of Glenamoy make up the inland portion of

Parish which is, in the main, a coastal area. Because so much of Glenamoy is pretty remote in nature and consisting of large expanses of

blanket bog Blanket bog or blanket mire, also known as featherbed bog, is an area of peatland, forming where there is a climate of high rainfall and a low level of evapotranspiration, allowing peat to develop not only in wet hollows but over large expanses o ...

, it covers an area of some of land. Two rivers flow through this townland conglomerate. They rise in Glencalry (

Belderrig Béal Deirg (anglicized as Belderg or Belderrig) is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.Owenmore River flows via Carrowmore Lake into

Blacksod Bay Blacksod Bay ( ga, Cuan an Fhóid Duibh) is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Erris, north County Mayo, Ireland. The long and wide bay is bounded on its western side by the Mullet Peninsula. Its eastern side includes Kiltane Parish, which ext ...

where a tributary of it known as the Munhin River connects the area with the great

Ulster Cycle The Ulster Cycle ( ga, an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It is set far in the past, in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly coun ...

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Táin Bó Flidhais ''Táin Bó Flidhais'', also known as the ''Mayo Táin'', is a tale from the Ulster Cycle of early Irish literature. It is one of a group of works known as Táin Bó, or "cattle raid" stories, the best known of which is ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. ' ...

, the

Glenamoy River The Glenamoy River (Irish language, Irish:''Abhainn Ghleann na Muaidhe'') is a river in north County Mayo, in the northwest of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is renowned for its stocks of Sea trout, sea trout and salmon. Geography The Glenam ...

into Sruwaddacon estuary and

Broadhaven Bay Broadhaven Bay ( ga, Cnocán na Líne) is a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the northwestern coast of County Mayo, Ireland. The opening of the bay faces northward, stretching 8.6 km between Erris Head in the west and Kid Island/Oileá ...

Lace school Lace schools were common in Great Britain, Britain from the 17th to 19th century to teach lace-making. Lace schools were often the living rooms of small cottages and were known for being overcrowded, badly lit and often unsanitary. Girls and some ...

s were one of the more common industries in the area in the past. There were several shooting lodges in this area where the

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held shooting parties for the gentry in the 19th century. The habitations in Glenamoy are spread out across a wide area today unlike other habitations in the parish which tend to be clustered, a remnant of the

Rundale The rundale system (apparently from the Irish Gaelic words "Roinn" which refers to the division of something and "Dáil", usually meaning meeting or assembly) was a form of occupation of land in Ireland, somewhat resembling the English common fiel ...

system of agriculture which was commonplace here for many years.

Glenamoy Bog Complex

Glenamoy Bog Complex is a large site situated in the north-west of Erris, incorporating both inland and coastal regions. The climate is wet and oceanic and there are frequent strong winds across the area which is largely treeless and relatively exposed. The bog complex area is drained by four main river systems - the Glenamoy, the Muingnabo, the Belderg and the Glenglassra rivers. Extreme oceanic blanket bog dominates the site in its inland areas. The coastal habitats of Glenamoy bog complex are extensive and varied. Sea cliffs dominate the coastline reaching a height of 253 metres at Benwee Head. There are many steeply sided islands off the coastline which are mainly used a summer grazing for livestock if the area of

machair A machair (; sometimes machar in English) is a fertile low-lying grassy plain found on part of the northwest coastlines of Ireland and Scotland, in particular the Outer Hebrides. The best examples are found on North and South Uist, Harris an ...

on them is large enough.

Sport

Former Mayo goalkeeper Gabriel Irwin hails from Glenamoy. There is a

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

in Glenamoy which was established in 1978.

References

{{County Mayo Towns and villages in County Mayo Erris