Talk:County Mayo

Largest town? Castlebar or Ballina?

According to the last census in 2002, Castlebar has the largest population. However, this is quite different from being the largest town, even more so when the two largest towns are so close in size.

In saying this, the area of the Castlebar Urban District Council could probably be larger then that of Ballina UDC – does any have this data?

Monucg 00:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

The relevant figures are (I have ommitted some figures):

District	Persons (2002)	Area (hectares)
Ballina Town	9,478	1,451
Castlebar Town	10,287	1,099

Source: Census 2002: Population Classified by Area - Table 6 Population and area of each Province, County, City, urban area, rural area and Electoral Division, 1996 and 2002.

Search www.cso.ie for the full report, encluding "environs". Djegan 22:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Will I edit the page to reflect such? Monucg 01:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Other sources

Okay, I acknowledge it doesn't really belong in the article, because it's a commercial site, but I think there's a great deal of accurate information there and the County Mayo talk page is a good enough place for this link:

• Mayo on the Move

ℬastique▼^talk 20:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sport in Mayo

I don't think that "Mayo winning over Dublin in 2006 by one point" belongs on this article, really. -- Evertype·✆ 09:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Corrib gas controversy

Mayo hass the lowest crime rate of any Garda district, yet has the highest rate of complaints against Gardaí. But there's not even a mention of the Corrib gas controversy that generates the police violence that causes these complaints, that has seen scores arrested and many hospitalised, in this article. This situation, of a community so fiercely fighting both its government and corporate power, is unique in Ireland; one would have to travel to Britain to find a comparable situation. It's often in the national news, and at times seems to dominate reporting in the Mayo papers. Not a word here, though. Is this an oversight?

Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 00:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

If no-one has any (rational) objections, I'll write on this.

Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It's not featured because it's not especially notable. Notable in Shell to Sea etc, perhaps, but not here. Thanks! Fin©™ 23:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

What do you base that on? I contend it's notable because of what I've written above; would you like to rebut any of the points I've made?

Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 23:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It's been three months, so I'm going to take that as a no. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 08:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I said I wasn't going to discuss it because you're impossible to reason with. WP:UNDUE, WP:SOAPBOX - a link to the main article is fine, there's no need to over emphasise. Can we not just both stop editing until mediation is complete? Thanks! Fin©™ 15:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

That you have difficulty defending your edits to other people's satisfaction is no excuse for acting unilaterally. What mediation? Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 16:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I've tried to tone down the pov - obviously the campaigners make a point of complaining about the police - it's part of the campaign. So the stats may or may not reflect "violent" policing. Also, I doubt whether this should feature in the "County Mayo" article - current events are not normally a part of the county articles. Sarah777 (talk) 21:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

You removed one sentence, claiming this "tones down the pov". The sentence you removed didn't say the policing was violent (as you then insinuate), all it did was remark on the strange situation where the county with the lowest crime level has the highest rate of complaints about police. I don't understand why you feel complaining about police tactics would be an "obviously" automatic part of a campaign (I can think of many campaigns where people have had no problems with the police); it's practically the only legal avenue available to victims of police illegality, a feature of the government response to this particular campaign. The campaign against the current configuration of the Corrib gas project has been going on for nine years, and has regularly been in the news for the last four; hardly just a current event. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 13:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I can't see any major "puzzle" re crime rate when a sparsely populated county is hosting a major political protest for several years. It seems a "non-point" to me. And as the events are on-going and have their own article it isn't necessary to include the text in the County article. Nonetheless I put it back minus the "strangeness" claim. (Note: I am certainly not claiming there was no police violence - I simply don't know). Sarah777 (talk) 10:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I didn't say that it was "strange", although it is. I didn't give the situation any adjective, I let the facts speak for themselves. It's a pretty unusual situation, and I'm not convinced it should be left unmentioned. One would have to do a fair trawl through other articles to find the crime/complaints dichotomy that is so peculiar to Mayo. As for the violence, here's some examples: More 4 documentary, RTÉ footage, RTÉ, RTÉ and Youtube. TG4 showed even worse examples, but I've yet to figure out how to access their reports. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 12:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Even if the violence is well referenced the main article is there for the details; a reference to it is enough in the county article surely? I'd agree that heavy handed policing (to be euphemistic) is fairly well verified. Sarah777 (talk) 00:18, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

The part you removed doesn't refer to violence at all. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 14:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Put it back if you wish - I'll not touch it again. Sarah777 (talk) 17:56, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

External links / Podcasts

There are far too many external links, especially in the Podcasts section. I don't think the individual podcasts need to be listed; it reads as an advertisment to me, and not really in keeping with the Encyclopedic nature of WP. I propose they be removed. ConorBrady^.ie (caint) 10:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Mayo in the Annals of the Four Masters

Don't sweat, they won't be here too long. Just need to put them together for stubs. Fergananim (talk) 21:44, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

• M1177.7 Donnell O'Hara, Lord of Leyny in the now county of Sligo, died.

• M1180.11 Hugh O'Caithniadh, Lord of Erris, was treacherously slain by O'Callaghan at Kilcommon. M1180.12 Auliffe O'Toghda, Chief of Bredagh, was killed by O'Gaughan, Chief of Moy-heleag. M1180.13 Murrough O'Laghtna, Chief of Da Bhac, was drowned in Lough Conn.

• M1183.2 Bec O'Hara, Lord of Leyny in Connaught, was treacherously slain by Conor, the grandson of Dermot, who was son of Roderic, in his own house, on Lough Mac Farry.

• M1184.12 Donnell O'Flanagan, Lord of Clann-Cahill, died at Conga-Feichin Cong.

• M1187.9 Mac Dermot (Maurice, son of Teige), Lord of Moylurg, died in his own mansion on Claenlough, in Clann-Chuain.

• M1195.9 Cathal Mac Dermot marched from Munster into Connaught, and passed victoriously through the province. On arriving at Lough Mask and Inishrobe, he seized upon all the vessels i.e. boats of Cathal Crovderg O'Conor, and brought them away to Caislen na-Caillighe the Hag's Castle, where he proceeded to commit great ravages in all directions, until Cathal Crovderg, accompanied by a party of the English and of the Sil-Maelruana, arrived and made peace with him (Mac Dermot), although he (Cathal) had thitherto committed great injuries.

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Adding variant Name in Irish?

We always called it "Muigh Eo" growing up in the 90s in Ballina. Irish wikipedia gives variants https://ga.wiki.x.io/wiki/Maigh_Eo - is it ok to add it to this one? ( https://books.google.de/books?id=pECaNDqrDXQC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=%22muigh+eo%22&source=bl&ots=X-ceVM_b0U&sig=ACfU3U3RVLC_Z6NmYWQvzgmf6fih_f3BVw&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz_oqfyqbwAhXbwAIHHdCCDsMQ6AEwEnoECA8QAw#v=onepage&q=%22muigh%20eo%22&f=false is a third-party source of it being historically called this, or this article https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.368315, and there're plenty of results for "gCondae Mhuigh Eo" on google). 2A01:C23:6440:CC00:18A7:B1C0:AA63:251D (talk) 20:06, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

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