Corraun Peninsula

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Irish English Template:Infobox peninsula The Corraun Peninsula, also spelt Currane (Template:Langx[1]), is a peninsula in County Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland. It extends out from the mainland towards Achill Island.

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A road on the Corraun peninsula, near Mulranny as viewed from a bridge on the Great Western Greenway. Halloween, 2014.

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As of 2016 the population of the Corraun peninsula was 726.[2] The entire peninsula is in the Gaeltacht (designated Irish speaking region)[3] with 12% of the population claiming to speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[4] The peninsula is immediately east of Achill Island, and forms part of the parish of Achill. It comprises the villages of Tornragee, Polranny, Belfarsad, Corraun (Currane) and Dogh Beg.

Achill Island is connected to the peninsula via the Michael Davitt Bridge.

Corraun is dominated by Corraun Hill (524 m).[5] There are views of Clew Bay and the Mullet Peninsula to the north.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Sport

Corraun is the home of Fr Griffin Park, the Community Sports Field overlooking views of Croagh Patrick, Achillbeg Island and Clare Island. It hosts rugby, Gaelic football, and soccer matches.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Mulranny United Football Club play all their home league games here. In the past it has also hosted Achill Rovers.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Gallery

References

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  5. Mayo map 1838, Mayo library web site

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