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Curraunboy - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 54°18′02″N 9°46′18″W / 54.3006°N 9.77158°W

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Curraunboy An Corrán Buí Cornboy
Townland
Curraunboy village
Cornboy Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°18′02″N 9°46′18″W / 54.3006°N 9.77158°W / 54.3006; -9.77158
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Area
• Total	11.5076 km² (4.4431 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	76
• Density	6.6/km² (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	F84716 40536
As this is a Gaeltacht village An Corrán Buí is the only official name. The anglicised spellings Curraunboy and Cornboy have no official status.

Curraunboy (Irish: An Corrán Buí;^[1] also known as Cornboy, meaning "yellow crescent")^[2] is a Gaeltacht village and townland in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Erris and civil parish of Kilcommon. Curraunboy townland has an area of approximately 2844 acres (11.51 km²)^[3] and, as of 2011, had a population of 76 people.^[4]

History

Remains of potential Iron Age settlement is recorded in an area known as the Sandhills. The sand buried the huts again until they were revealed by another storm in 1903. This settlement, northwest of the pier included numerous buildings and middens containing periwinkle and cockles.^[2]

Fr. Sean Noone in Where The Sun Sets notes that William Bald's 1812 map shows a small group of eight houses, originally, the residents here lived closer to the Cornboy pier at Broadhaven Bay, close to an old church on a hill, but were forced to relocate due to sands that were starting to cover the settlement.^[2] Cornboy Pier was erected in 1887.^[2]

A storm in 1911 blew away the roof of the old church and severely damaged its walls.^[2] The 1920 Ordnance Survey refers to a settlement approximately 200 yards inland from the old Cornboy pier. Thomas Johnson Westropp, who investigated this site around 1912, reported that locals claimed it had been uncovered by a storm, likely the 1839 Night of the Big Wind.^[2]^[5]

Geography

The Gweedaney River that originates in Portacloy flows through the townland. The townland consists of an area of dunes, farms and mountain bog.^[2]

Religion

The Catholic Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea built between 1912 and 1913 and dedicated in 1914, is the local parish church. Elements include pitched slate roofs, round-headed doors and windows with stained glass, and a bell-cot.^[6]

The interior has a central aisle, timber pews, and an alabaster altar. The church retains much of its original design and fabric, and has been described as an example of early 20th-century Romanesque architecture.^[6]

Amenities

There is a 9 km walk, the "Cornboy Loop" that passes through the townland.^[7] There is a community centre and cemetery in the village.

References

^ "An Corrán Buí/Curraunboy". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Noone, Fr. Sean (1991). Where The Sun Sets (1st ed.). Ballina: Erris Publications. pp. 162–166. ISBN 0951817906.
^ "Curraunboy Townland, Co. Mayo". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ "CD164 - Mayo Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 22 July 2024. Population [..] Townlands [..] Curraunboy, Knockadaff, Co. Mayo [..] 76
^ Westropp, Thomas Johnson (1912). "The Promontory Forts and Early Remains of the Coasts of County Mayo. Part I. The North Coast (Tirawley and Erris) (Continued)". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 2 (2): 129–130. ISSN 0035-9106.
^ ^a ^b FUSIO. "Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, CURRAUN BOY, Corrán Buí [Curraunboy], MAYO". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
^ "Cornboy Loop, Walks in Co. Mayo West of Ireland | mayo-ireland.ie". www.mayo-ireland.ie. Retrieved 2024-07-23.

v t e Places in County Mayo
County town: Castlebar
Towns	Ballina Ballinrobe Ballyhaunis Bangor Erris Belmullet Castlebar Charlestown Claremorris Crossmolina Foxford Kiltimagh Louisburgh Newport Swinford Westport
Villages and townlands	Achill Sound Askill Aghamore Ardogommon Attymass Aughagower Aughleam Balla Ballindine Ballintubber Ballinvoy Ballycastle Ballycroy Ballydavock Ballyglass Ballymacrah Barroosky Bekan Belcarra Belderrig Bellacorick Bellavary Binghamstown Bohalis Bohola Bonniconlon Breaffy Brackwanshagh Brickens Bunacurry Carracastle Carrowteige Carnacon Cashel Castlehill Claddy Cloghans Cogaula Cong Corraveggaun West Corrimbla Corroy Cregganbaun Cross Curraunboy Delphi Derrew Derrycorrib Dooagh Dooega Doohoma Dooniver Drummin Dugort Errew Fallmore Finny Glenamoy Glencastle Glengad Glenhest Glinsk Gweesalia Hollymount Inver Irishtown Islandeady Keel Kilcummin Kilfaul Kilgalligan Kilkelly Killala Killawalla Kilmaine Kilmeena Kilmovee Knock Knocknabola Knockanillaun Knockmore Knockroosky Lahardane Lecanvey Lisduvoge Lissaniska East Lissaniska West Mayo Meelick Midfield Moygownagh Mulranny Murrisk Neale Partry Pollagh Pontoon Portacloy Porturlin Pullathomas Rathnamagh Rossport Salia Shammer Shanaghy Sheean Shrule Sraheens Strade Tonragee Toormakeady Tulrahan Turlough
Baronies	Burrishoole Carra Clanmorris Costello Erris Gallen Kilmaine Murrisk Tirawley
Landforms	List of islands of County Mayo List of loughs of County Mayo List of mountains and hills of County Mayo
Islands	Caher Island Clare Island Dorinish
List of townlands of County Mayo Category:Geography of County Mayo

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