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Mayo, Richard Southwark Bourke, Earl of
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Maritime county in Counaught, west of Ireland, between Sligo and Galway; has many indentations, the largest Broadhaven, Blacksod, and Clew Bays, and islands Achil and Clare, with a remarkable peninsula The Mullet; mountainous in the W., the E. is more level, and has Lough Conn and the Moy River; much of the county is barren and bog, but crops of cereals and potatoes are raised; cattle are reared on pasture lands; there are valuable slate quarries and manganese mines; Castlebar, in the centre, is the county town; Westport, on Clew Bay, has some shipping.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mayo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mayo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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