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Mayo County Council wishes to advise the public that the following beaches will not be lifeguarded this weekend: Saturday, 13th June, 2026: Silver (Dugort) Beach, Achill Island; Ross Beach, Killala; Bertra Beach, Westport and Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh Sunday, 14th June, 2026: Silver (Dugort) Beach, Mulranny Beach and Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh The Blue Flags will be lowered at Silver (Dugort) Beach, Ross Beach, Bertra Beach and Mulranny Beach on the days that the Lifeguards will not be working. The following locations will be lifeguarded for the full weekend: Carrownisky Strand, Louisburgh Old Head Beach, Louisburgh Keem Bay, Achill Island Keel Beach, Achill Island Belmullet Tidal Pool Mayo County Council recommends that the public go to the beaches where lifeguards are on duty
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MLS Next Cup marked the end of another successful academy season at Philadelphia Union. Group highs and lows, individual progression, and real moments of club-wide belief, mentality and growth. It also marked my last moments with the academy. When it settles, we can be proud of what we achieved, the belief and vision we grew across the years, and more importantly the lessons we learned together to improve each other. Thanks to the players and their families, our staff and their families, my colleagues, our opponents and everyone at the school. Pretty cool that a lad from Killala, Co. Mayo looks forward to his next opportunities, because he got to rise to the standards at Philadelphia Union. Best of luck. #DOOP
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Our community in North Mayo along the Wild Atlantic Way beside the Ceide Fields complex which is of great archeological importance has numerous private Wind farms in planning or pre planning to cater for the energy needs of a data centre in Killala
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The most ancient fields on Earth, at about 5,500 years old, are in Mayo! The Céide Fields predate the Egyptian pyramids and similar agricultural systems anywhere in Europe by roughly 2,500 years. You would think theyd always been famous but it took a schoolteacher called Patrick Caulfield cutting turf in the 1930s to realise the miraculous heritage. He recognised something in the strange linear piles of stones at the bottom of the bog. Firstly their configuration was not natural. But more importantly, they were underneath the peat, which meant they had been placed before the bog formed. And bogs take thousands of years. He told anyone who would listen that these layouts must be ancient, but nobody did feck all for 40 years! Thankfully his son Seamus Caulfield came back, armed with an archaeology degree and a practical solution to analyse the blanket bog without destroying it. So Caulfield the younger developed a probing technique, pushing iron rods down through the peat to locate the hidden walls beneath. This painstaking, low-tech method was extraordinarily effective. He mapped this ghost landscape of over a hundred kilometres of stone wall, two metres below the surface, preserved almost perfectly by the very bog that had buried them. The site in total covers around 12 square kilometres. Most of the walls are still underground and the bog is still growing. The walls are long, parallel, some of them stretching over a mile and a half. They divide the land into rectangular plots ranging from four to ten hectares. Some authority measured this land, agreed on boundaries, and coordinated the labour to build them. The walls themselves ran between 90 centimetres and 150 centimetres wide and stood at least a metre high. That kind of construction doesnt happen without rule of law, community organisation, and a shared idea of the future. Archaeologists estimate several hundred workers were involved. They cleared vast pine forests, oak, birch, hazel and alder, to open the land. They built the walls from the stone they cleared. They then kept cattle on the divided fields and, near what is now the visitor centre, appear to have grown emmer wheat in smaller enclosed plots. Around 50 to 60 families lived here, perhaps 300 people in total, in round wooden gaffs about six metres across. They buried their dead in megalithic court tombs, the Behy court tomb still sitting within the complex. They made pottery comparable to finds across Stone Age western Europe. A primitive plough blade of stone, a saddle quern for grinding grain, a scattering of arrowheads. Then over a century or two, the climate shifted and the land got wetter. The soil became waterlogged because an ironpan formed in the subsoil, sealing the moisture in. The people had to leave and blanket bog began to form across the hillside, smothering the walls and the houses and the tombs. The families moved a few miles south to the lower ground around Ballycastle and Killala Bay. They wouldve watched the bog creep over everything they had built, and there was nothing to be done about it. But that bog preserved their genius. Seamus Caulfield spent years trying to get the site recognised, holding local fundraising meetings, encouraging communities across Mayo to contribute. Local children in Doohoma went door to door collecting money. Taoiseach Charles Haughey flew out to the site in 1990, but thankfully that aul hawk-faced-hoor didnt try to hock it stone by stone. His visit helped promote recognition and preservation. The OPW came on board, money was found, and in 1993 the visitor centre opened. The building is pyramid-shaped, which is another matter I cant discuss. It houses a Scots pine recovered from the bog, around 4,000 years old and I highly recommend you visit this incredible site and contemplate how our ancient ancestors led such sophisticated lives which should rightly inspire pride. Buy the Dublin Time Machine a pint and support the DTM Book ko-fi.com/buchanandublintime…
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2026 Divisional Cup Finals Benson Castlebar Celtic V Glenhest Rovers Both winning their semi finals today comfortably Tuohy Iorras Aontaithe V Snugboro United Both winning today handy aswel. Tonra Kilmore V Killala 2 very tight semis Mcdonnell Ballinrobe Town B V Charlestown
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Castlebar Mitchels Junior team from todays Premier Junior C Championship game in Killala. @MayoGAA #castlebarmitchels #mayogaa #shawcommercials
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"Ballina (Irish: Béal an Átha, meaning 'mouth of the ford') is a town in north County Mayo, Ireland. It lies at the mouth of the River Moy near Killala Bay." #Ballina #RiverMoy #StreetArt
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¡Hola! 😈💞 日本語教師VTuber雲母くらら (Clara Killala) です🇯🇵 Soy una profesora de japonés que ama enseñar mi idioma y cultura a los hispanohablantes. ¡Espero que nos llevemos muy bien! 🤗 ❤️ youtube.com/c/KillalaClara?s… 💚 linktr.ee/KillalaClara #VTuber #雲母くらら #KillalaClara
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¡Si se les complica escribir "雲母くらら" en japonés, no se preocupen! Pueden buscarme con mi nombre en alfabeto como "KillalaClara" o "Clara Killala" ✨ ¡Me gustaría mucho ver los diferentes resultados que les aparecen! 👀💖
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Mayo Senior League Div 4 Round 5 2nd Half 33:49 (63:49) Full Time Ardagh 1-12 (15) Killala 0-11 (11) Ardagh lead by 4 #GaelicTrackerApp
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Ghost ~ The disappearance of Sandra Collins ~ A Crime World Podcast launched today Tuesday 19th May #Killala #Lacken #Kilfian #Ballycastle #Crossmolina #Moygownagh #Mayo @nmph_ireland @themayonews @gardainfo
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A nice little railway cottage between Ballina and Killala with roof still intact,this was lived in up to about 30 years ago,the rail line closed in the 1930s
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7 May 1645: Francis Kirwan of #Galway is consecrated Bishop of Killala #otd at St Lazare #Paris
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The tallest tower in our Round Towers, Killala Round Tower, stands 25 meters high and is about 1000 years old. It formed part of a monastery called, in lyrical Gaeilge, 'Cell Alaid'. The monastery was given to St Muredach by St Patrick. #MayoDay
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