Mayo or Mayo Abbey ()
is a village in
County Mayo,
Ireland
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. Although it bears the same name as the
county
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, it is not the
county seat
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, which is
Castlebar
Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. W ...
. Mayo Abbey is a small historic village in south Mayo approximately 16 km to the south of Castlebar and 10 km north west of
Claremorris
Claremorris (; ) is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes. It is the fastest growing town in the county. There was a 31% increase in the town's population between 2006 and 2011 an ...
.
History
The village was an important centre in the
Gaelic and
Anglo-Saxon Christian world in the seventh and eighth centuries.
St. Colmán, Bishop of
Lindisfarne, founded a monastery here for a group of Saxon monks, called the
School of Mayo.
Saint Gerald became its first abbot in 670. Danish raiders attacked the monastery in 783 and again in 805.
[The Heritage of Mayo by Áine Ní Cheanáinn 3rd edition 1988, page 94] Finally
Turgesius
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completely destroyed it in 818
The village was the centre of the
diocese of Mayo from 1152. It was suppressed in the thirteenth century.
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the sixteenth century.
Culture
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four-part documentary ''Amongst Women'' was filmed in Mayo Abbey using the Old Catholic Church, the graveyard and the post office/shop.
team. They compete at all underage levels as well as senior and junior football.
* 726 - ''Gerald, of Magh Eo, died on the 13th of March.''
* 726 - ''Muireadhach, son of Indreachtach, was slain; he was Bishop of Magh Eo.''
* 905 - ''The oratory of Magh-eo was burned.''
* ''M1209.1. Kele O'Duffy, Bishop of Mayo of the Saxons ... died.''
* ''M1478.1. The Bishop O'Higgin, i.e. Bishop of Mayo-na-Saxon, died.''