Charlestown, County Mayo

Coordinates: 53°57′51″N 8°47′39″W / 53.9642°N 8.7942°W / 53.9642; -8.7942
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Charlestown
Baile Chathail
Town
IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceG479019
Websitehttp://charlestown.ie

Charlestown (Irish: Baile Chathail)[2] is a town in County Mayo, Ireland, on the N17 road near its junction with the N5.

History

Charlestown was built in the mid-19th century on the initiative of

Charles Strickland, adjoining Bellaghy in County Sligo.[3] Including Bellaghy, the town has a population of approximately 1000.[1]

There are two schools in Charlestown, St. Attracta's National School and St.Joseph's Community College.

The village was the subject of a serialised social commentary in The Irish Times by John Healy. This was later published as Death Of An Irish Town, and later republished as No One Shouted Stop! Written in 1967, it was highly critical of government policies towards rural areas, and took Charlestown as an example solely because it was the town of the author's birth.

Sport

Roman Catholic church in Charlestown

Charlestown Sarsfields
reached the All-Ireland club semi-final in 2001, losing out on a final spot by two points.

In 2012 the town's sporting offering was further complemented with the formation of Charlestown Amateur Boxing Club. The IABA affiliated club has since acquired numerous National and Provincial titles. Based in the old Cloonfane National School, Charlestown's boxers have been selected to represent Ireland internationally and County Mayo in inter-county competition.

Transport

Trains ran through Charlestown from 1895 to 1963. The village had a station on the

Western Rail Corridor reopens from Galway onto Sligo
the train service could be restored in future.

Knock Airport is 5.6 miles southwest of Charlestown.[a]

People

See also: Category:People from Charlestown, County Mayo

Charlestown was the home town of Irish Times and Western People journalist

Archbishop of Manila
, was born in Charlestown.

Charlestown is also the hometown of

COVID-19.[6]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Charlestown, County Mayo

See also

References

Notes

  1. Eircode
    finder giving the airport address as of May 2021 as Ireland West Airport Knock, Kilgariff, Charlestown, Co. Mayo.. note also there are multiple townlands named Kilgariff in County Mayo and this one has been also named Kilgarriff West.

References

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Charlestown–Bellahy". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University
    . Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Early History, Charlestown Co. Mayo West of Ireland | mayo-ireland.ie". www.mayo-ireland.ie.
  4. ^ "Charlestown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Senator Martin Fitzgerald 1867 - 1927". Mayo Ireland. 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Charlestown man at heart of worldwide fight against coronavirus". www.mayonews.ie. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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