Clew Bay
| Clew Bay | |
|---|---|
 Overlooking Murrisk and Clew Bay | |
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| Location | County Mayo |
| Coordinates | 53°50′N 9°48′W / 53.833°N 9.800°W / 53.833; -9.800Coordinates: 53°50′N 9°48′W / 53.833°N 9.800°W / 53.833; -9.800 |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Ireland |
| Settlements | Louisburgh, Lecanvey, Murrisk, Westport, Newport, Mulranny |
Clew Bay (Irish: Cuan Mó) is a natural ocean bay in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. It contains Ireland's best example of sunken drumlins. The bay is overlooked by Croagh Patrick to the south and the Nephin Range mountains of North Mayo. Clare Island guards the entrance of the bay. From the southwest part of the bay eastwards are Louisburgh, Lecanvey, Murrisk, and Westport; north of Westport is Newport, and westwards from there lies Mulranny, gateway to Achill. From the south side of the bay, between Clare Island and Achill, Bills Rocks can be seen.
Contents
1 History
2 Inishgort Lighthouse
3 Fish Farming in Clew Bay
4 Gallery
5 Islands of Clew Bay
5.1 Drumlin islands, sandbars, and rocks
6 See also
7 References
8 Other projects
9 External links
History
Clew Bay was the focus of the O'Malley family possessions in the Middle Ages, and is associated especially with Grace O'Malley or Granuaile. She is known as the Pirate Queen who commanded a fleet of ships and maintained several castles, including those on Clare Island, Achill and Rockfleet.
During the Irish Civil War in July 1922, 400 Free State troops were landed at Clew Bay to take Westport and Castlebar from Anti-Treaty forces.
Inishgort Lighthouse
Stands on Inishgort island 5 km from Murrisk.
Fish Farming in Clew Bay
In recent years there has been controversy over fish-farming in the bay. "The Organic Salmon Company" is based in Clare Island.[1]
Gallery
Clew Bay as seen from the top of Croagh Patrick.
Clew Bay as seen from the foot of Croagh Patrick.
Memorial for the victims of the Clew Bay Drowning on June 14, 1894 at Kildavenet Graveyard, Achill Island
Islands of Clew Bay
The bay is also home to Dorinish, a private island purchased by John Lennon in 1967.[2]Glenans Ireland, a non-profit sailing school, had a branch on Collanmore Island where sailing was taught.[citation needed]
Legend has it that Clew Bay has 365 islands in it—"an island for every day of the year". The large number of drumlins at the east end of the bay gave rise to this myth, but in fact there are not so many.
Drumlin islands, sandbars, and rocks
This chart shows the relative positions of the islands, sandbars, and rocks in the eastern half of Clew Bay. There are 117.
| 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | |
| 96 | Inishkeel | Inishbobunnan (Unnamed) | Beetle Island North Inishlim | ||||||||
| 95 | Moynish More | Black Rock Inisherkin | Inishgowla Beetle Island South Inishnacross | Inishtubrid | Inishquirk | Illannambraher | Roslynagh | Gobfadda Kid Island East | Forillan Illanavrick Camel Island | ||
| 94 | Moynish Beg | Inishcooa Roeillaun | Inishdeashmore Inishdeashbeg | Inishilra Inishcarrick Inishcorky | Inishdasky Inishcoragh (Unnamed) | Freaghillanluggagh | Inishdaweel Muckinish Illanascraw | Inishturlin | Rabbit Island | ||
| 93 | Inishcannon | Inisheanmore Rock Carrickachorra Carricklahan | Freaghillan West Inishkee | Freaghillan East Inishcuill West Inishfesh | Inishcuill Carrickwee | Rosbarnagh Island Carrigeennaronty | |||||
| 92 | Inishoo | Illanmaw Inishgowla | Mauherillan Inishlaughil | Inishmolt Inishbollog | Inishdaff | Inishloy | |||||
| 91 | Inishbee | Calf Island Derrinish | Inishcottle | Illannaconney Inishnakillew | Inishturk Beg | ||||||
| 90 | Rabbit Island | Knocky-Cahillaun Quinnsheen Island | Freaghillan Moneybeg Island Clynish Illaunnamona | Carrigeenglass North Trawbaun Carrigeenglass | Atticlea Island | ||||||
| 89 | Island More | Collan Beg | Collan More Carrigeenglass South | ||||||||
| 88 | Inishgort | Inishlyre | |||||||||
| 87 | Dorinish More | Inishlaghan | Crovinish Carrickwee | Illanataggart Rocky Island | |||||||
| 86 | Creggandillisk | Dorinish Beg Inishimmel | Inishleague | Inishgowla South Inishraher | Forillan Carrickawart Island Finnaun Island | Stony Island | Cleavlagh Strand | ||||
| 85 | Carrickataha | Bartraw Inishdaugh | Inisheeny | Corillan Carricknamore | Green Islands | Carricknacaly | Monkellys Rocks Inishweela Illanroe | ||||
| 84 | Cahernaran Island | Annagh Island West Sruffanbaun Strand | Annagh Island East Illanatee | ||||||||
| 83 | Annagh Island Middle Roeillan |
See also
- Wild Atlantic Way
References
^ The Organic Salmon Company
^ McVeigh, Tracy (2012-09-22). "For sale: John Lennon's dream island where King of the Hippies reigned". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-24..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Other projects
Media related to Clew Bay at Wikimedia Commons
External links
- Skippered charters on Clew Bay, with photos and information
