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Islandeady · Co. Mayo

Where Anglo-Saxon Bishops and Irish Saints Created Mayo's Holiest Peninsula

The fascinating etymology of Islandeady (Oileán Éadaígh - pronounced "OY-lawn AY-dee") preserves a remarkable convergence of Anglo-Saxon episcopal history and Irish monastic tradition, where scholarly research reveals that the village name ultimately derives from Oileán Éadain…

Islandeady 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.