From The Quiet Man to boycotts, to the Argentine Navy beautiful County Mayo in the west of Ireland has a wealth of history, wonderful landscapes, and truly interesting tidbits. County Mayo , Ireland’s third-largest county, has a rich and fascinating history. 11 (© O'Dea at Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.
0) The Irish version of the county is Mhaigh Eo which translates to “Plain of the Yew Trees,” originating from the village of Mayo, known today as Mayo Abbey. The yew tree is one of the few evergreen trees native to Ireland. Charles Cunningham Boycott The word derives from Captain Charles C.
Boycott , a 19th-century British land agent for an absentee landlord, Lord Erne . Boycott was frozen out by his local community in Ballinrobe , Co. Mayo during the Irish Land War as a part of the Irish Land League's campaign of ostracism.
Grace O'Malley statue in Westport, Co Mayo. (RollingNews.ie) The Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley (c.
1530 – c. 1603) was of the famed O’Malley clan of Mayo. Her father was a chieftain and sea trader and she learned how to handle herself on his ships.
Striking out on her own, she became known as the Pirate Queen capturing English ships and taking their cargo. The English moved against her, but she went to London and met the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth the First, who recalled her armies and released O’Malley's family, who were being held by the English. She lived to a ripe old age.
Céide Fields in Co Mayo. (Ireland's Content Pool) Cé ide Fields.