Attymass Áth Tí an Mheasaigh | |
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Village | |
 Ballymore Lough lies immediately north of Attymass | |
  Attymass Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°03′N9°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)) |
Attymass (Irish : Áth Tí an Mheasaigh) [1] is a village and civil parish in County Mayo, Ireland.
Evidence 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]
Moy 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]
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