Errew
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Errew is a small rural settlement, 8km from the county town of Castlebar
Castlebar
Castlebar is the county town of, and at the centre of, County Mayo in Ireland. It is Mayo's largest town by population. The town's population exploded in the late 1990s, increasing by one-third in just six years, though this massive growth has slowed down greatly in recent years...

, County Mayo
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The history of Errew follows the Franciscan monastery which was established in 1879 as a boys school which closed in 1975, the church in the monastery remained open until 1981 There are 22 Brothers buried in the Monastery cemetery.

Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín
Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín
Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín, Bishop of Cork, died 1172.Sub anno 1172, the Annals of the Four Masters state that:"Giolla Aedha O'Muidhin , Bishop of Cork, died...

, Bishop of Cork
Bishop of Cork
The Bishop of Cork was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the city of Cork in southern Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics...

 (died 1172), is noted in the Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...

 as "of the family of Errew of Lough Con."

Errew is also noted for its national school.

Errew can also claim to contain various archeological places of interest, such as forts and souterraines and fairy forts.

See also

  • Tigernan of Errew
    Tigernan of Errew
    Tigernan of Errew, Irish missionary, fl. c. 500-520.In his "History of Mayo" , Knox writes:"St. Tigernan of Errew worked in Tirawley in the early part of the sixth century. His paten still exists. No more more is known of him except he was the founder of the Abbey of Errew, Lough Conn, County Mayo...

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland
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