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The Remains of Mayo abbey church, County Mayo

Mayo Mayo is a tiny village in County Mayo. Although small today, it has given its name to the county, the county town of which is not here but Castlebar ten miles to the north. Mayo Abbey was famous in ancient times. The name is from the Irish language for "Plain of the yew trees". The name is first recorded in English by Bede in the eighth century, making it one of the oldest Irish place-names recorded in English, and indeed one of the few Irish names recorded at all in Old English. (Read more)