Errew Oireadh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
) Knox's Folly in Errew, now restored as apartments | |
)  Errew Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°47′42″N 9°15′54″W / 53.79500°N 9.26500°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Errew (Irish: Oireadh) is a small rural settlement, about 8 km south from the county town of Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.
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.[1]
Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín, Bishop of Cork (died 1172), is noted in the Annals of the Four Masters as "of the family of Errew of Lough Con."
Errew has a national school, and as well as a number of archaeological sites, such as forts, souterrains and fairy forts.
See also
- Tigernan of Errew
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
- ^ "Errew Monastery ,Ballyheane Co. Mayo in the West of Ireland | mayo-ireland". www.mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 6 January 2021.