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Where a Victorian Nun Created Ireland's Industrial Miracle by the River Moy

The remarkable etymology of Foxford (Béal Easa - pronounced "BAYL ASS-a") preserves in its Gaelic meaning "mouth of the waterfall" the memory of the dramatic cascade that once marked this strategic River Moy crossing, where Sister Mary Joseph Arsenius (née Agnes Morrogh Bernar…

Foxford 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.