Pontoon, County Mayo
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Pontoon () is a lakeside village on the R310 regional road 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 ...
in
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, situated between
Lough Conn Lough Conn () is a lake in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. With an area of about , it is Ireland's seventh largest lake. With its immediate neighbour to the south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the River Moy. ...
and Lough Cullin, and near the town of
Foxford Foxford () is a town 16 km south of Ballina, County Mayo, Ballina in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It stands on the N26 road, N26 roads in Ireland, national primary route from Swinford to Ballina and has Foxford railway station ...
and the village of Lahardane. The dance hall in Pontoon attracted large numbers of people to its weekend dances from a large catchment area. File:PontoonBridge.JPG, Pontoon Bridge on the R310


See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland


References


External links

* {{County Mayo Towns and villages in County Mayo