Mayo

Mayo is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, inside the province of Connacht, it is known as after the village of Mayo, now typically known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the nearby authority. The population turned into one hundred thirty,507 at the 2016 census. The limitations of the county, which turned into shaped in 1585, mirror the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time. It is bounded on the north and west by using the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by means of County Galway; the east by way of County Roscommon; and the northeast by means of County Sligo. Mayo is the 1/3-biggest of Ireland's 32 counties in vicinity and 15th biggest in phrases of populace.

It is the second-biggest of Connacht’s 5 counties in both size and population. Mayo is located alongside the west coast of Ireland that is about 7,400 km in duration. There is a wonderful geological difference between the west and the east of the county. The west is composed largely of negative subsoils and is covered with big regions of substantial Atlantic blanket lavatory, whereas the east is basically a limestone landscape. Agricultural land is consequently more efficient in the east than in the west.