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Charlestown () is a town in
County Mayo County Mayo (; ) 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 Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
,
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, on the N17 road near its junction with the N5.


History

Charlestown was built in the mid-19th century on the initiative of Lord Dillon's agent, Charles Strickland, adjoining Bellaghy in
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. Including Bellaghy, the town has a population of approximately 1000. There are two schools in Charlestown, St. Attracta's National School and St.Joseph's Community College. The village was the subject of a serialised
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in ''
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'' by John Healy. This was later published as ''Death Of An Irish Town'', and later republished as ''No One Shouted Stop!'' Written in 1967, it was highly critical of government policies towards rural areas, and took Charlestown as an example solely because it was the town of the author's birth.


Sport

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team Charlestown Sarsfields reached the All-Ireland club semi-final in 2001, losing out on a final spot by two points. In 2012 the town's sporting offering was further complemented with the formation of Charlestown Amateur Boxing Club. The IABA affiliated club has since acquired numerous National and Provincial titles. Based in the old Cloonfane National School, Charlestown's boxers have been selected to represent Ireland internationally and County Mayo in inter-county competition.


Transport

Trains ran through Charlestown from 1895 to 1963. The village had a station on the GS&W line from
Claremorris Claremorris (; ) is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes. As of the 2017, it was the fastest growing town in the county, having seen a 31% increase in population between 2006 and ...
to
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, part of the
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. Charlestown station opened on 1 October 1895, closed for passenger traffic on 17 June 1963, and finally closed altogether on 3 November 1975. But if the
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reopens from
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onto
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the train service could be restored in future. Knock Airport is 5.6 miles southwest of Charlestown.


People

Charlestown was the home town of ''Irish Times'' and ''Western People'' journalist John Healy, who wrote a series of articles about the town which were later turned into a book, ''No One Shouted Stop''. The owner of the ''
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'', Irish Senator Martin FitzGerald, was born on Main Street, Charlestown. Michael O'Doherty,
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, was born in Charlestown. Charlestown is also the hometown of Michael Ryan, executive director of the
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Health Emergencies Programme, which is tasked with the international containment and treatment of
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.


Notable people


See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland


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External links


N5 bypass opened November 2007


{{Authority control Towns and villages in County Mayo Planned communities in the Republic of Ireland