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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Mayo

Clew Bay, County Mayo by Mariusz Z
Clew Bay, County Mayo, © 2015, Mariusz Z
COUNTY MAYO

Irish Name: Maigh Eo
Nickname: The Yew County
Motto: Dia is Muire Linn (God and Mary be with us)
County Town: Castlebar
Province: Connacht
Region: West

Tartan: The County Mayo tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in forest green, maroon, and navy, with bright gold, sky blue, and black accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Mayo Tartan

County Mayo Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Burke, Connor, Conway, Doherty, Duffy, Durkan, Gallagher, Gibbons, Higgins, Joyce, Kelly, Lyons, MacHale, McHugh, Moran, Murphy, Reilly, Sweeney, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Barrett, Burke, Duffy, Gallagher, Gibbons, Higgins, Jordan, Kelly, Lavelle, McHale, Moran, Morley, O'Malley, Walsh

Next page: County Meath

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Mayo tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Clew Bay, County Mayo, 2015, Mariusz Z, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of County Mayo
Location of County Mayo
Read about County Mayo at Wikipedia.

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