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  1. It is the 3rd largest county in Ireland.
  2. Its main town is Castlebar.
  3. It is in the province of Connacht.
  4. The current head of the Irish government, Enda Kenny, is from Mayo.
  5. The largest island off the coast of Ireland is Achill, which is part of county Mayo.
  6. The famous mountain that saint Patrick is meant to have fasted on, Croagh Patrick, is in county Mayo.
  7. The Mayo Gaelic Football team has not won the All-Ireland championship since 1951, losing 7 finals and drawing one since then.
  8. The Céide fields in county Mayo is a stone aged site believed to have the oldest field system in the world.
  9. Our Lady is believed to have appeared in Knock in 1879, making it now a town of pilgrimage and visited by Pope John Paul II in September 1979.
  10. The founder of the Argentinian Navy, Admiral William Brown, was born in county Mayo in 1777.
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Is Knock in County Mayo in Northern Ireland?

Knock is in East Belfast. The other 'Knock' (with the holy shrine) is not in Northern Ireland it is in the Republic of Ireland in County Mayo.


Where is county Mayo?

County Mayo is in the province of Connaught in the west of Ireland. See the map at the link below.


What is the capital of Mayo?

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What is the county in mayo that featured in the quiet man?

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Is the longest river in county Mayo the river Nile?

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