Attymass (Irish: Áth Tí an Mheasaigh)[1] is a village and civil parish in County Mayo, Ireland.
Attymass
Áth Tí an Mheasaigh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Ballymore Lough lies immediately north of Attymass | |
  Attymass Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°03′N 9°05′W / 54.050°N 9.083°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
History
editEvidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringforts (in the townlands of Carrick and Kilgellia) and several crannóg sites at nearby Ballymore Lough.[2]
The Roman Catholic church in the village was built in 1958 on the site of an earlier 19th century chapel.[3]
The Fr Patrick Peyton Memorial Centre, which was officially opened in 1998,[4] commemorates the village's association with Fr Patrick Peyton.[5] Peyton, also known as the "Rosary Priest", was the founder of the Family Rosary Crusade and was born in the area in 1909.[6]
The Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City features a stone cottage that originally belonged to the Slack family of Carradoogan in Attymas, before eventually being deserted in the 1960s.[7]
Sport
editMoy Villa Football Club, established in 1992, is based in Kilgellia, Attymass and plays in the Mayo League.[citation needed] In September 2012, Moy Villa achieved promotion to Premier A of the Mayo League.[citation needed] In late 2013, Moy Villa reached the Elvery's Sports Super League for the first time in the club's history.[citation needed] In 2006, the club built an Astro turf facility with floodlights, with funding being sourced locally and via the Sports Capital Development Fund.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Áth Tí an Mheasaigh / Attymass". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Record of Monuments and Places - County Mayo" (PDF). archaeology.ie. National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and S, Kilgellia, Attymass, County Mayo". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Attymass website". attymass.ie. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009.
- ^ "Fr Patrick Peyton CSC Memorial Centre". museumsofmayo.com. Mayo Ireland Ltd. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Venerable Patrick Peyton". holycrosscongregation.org. Congregation of Holy Cross. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (16 July 2002). "Critic's Notebook; A Memorial Remembers The Hungry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Moy Villa FC website". moyvillafc.ie. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
External links
edit- Attymass website (archived)
- Attymass RC Parish