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Ballycroy · Co. Mayo

Where Ulster Exiles Found Sanctuary in Ireland's Last Great Wilderness

In the aftermath of the 17th-century Ulster rebellions, when Gaelic families faced expulsion from their ancestral lands under Crown confiscation policies, a remarkable migration transformed the remote parish of Ballycroy (Baile Chruaich - pronounced "BAL-ya KROO-ikh"), the "to…

Ballycroy is a small place in County Mayo. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.