Barroosky
Barr Rúscaígh | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 54°12′30″N 9°37′19″W / 54.2083°N 9.6220°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Mayo |
Area | |
• Total | 7.78 km2 (3.00 sq mi) |
Time zone | WET |
• Summer ( DST) | IST ( WEST) |
Irish Grid Reference | F 94231 30017 |
As this is in the Gaeltacht, the Irish Barr Rúscaígh is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Barroosky has no official status. |
Barroosky (also spelt as Barroskey or Barrooskey. Irish: Barr Rúscaígh, meaning "top of the undulation") [1] is a Gaeltacht townland within the civil parish of Kilcommon in County Mayo, Ireland. [2] It is located within the ecclesiastical parish of Kilcommon-Erris. [3] Barroosky townland has an area of approximately 1,923 acres (7.8 km2). [2]
Barroosky is also the name of the electoral division (ED) in which the townland lies. [2] As of 2022, Barroosky ED had a population of 96 people. [4]
In Irish folklore, Barroosky is mentioned in the epic tale of Táin Bó Flidhais. It also is mentioned in a popular Erris folktale called the Fool of Barr Rúscaígh as part of the year of the French celebrations. [5] In 1911, the population was recorded as 34. [6]
In September 1922, during the Irish Civil War, the Battle of Glenamoy took place nearby. [7]
The area in which the Barroosky lies on is mostly covered in peaty, blanket bog which covers much of the North Mayo coastlines of Kilcommon and the Barony of Erris. [8]
The Glenamoy bog complex, which spans parts of Barroosky, [9] is a large site situated in the extreme north-west of Erris, County Mayo. [10] The area, which incorporates both inland and coastal regions, has a wet and oceanic climate and there are frequent strong winds across the largely treeless and relatively exposed area. The bog complex is drained by four main river systems - the Glenamoy, the Muingnabo, the Belderg and the Glenglassra rivers. Extreme oceanic blanket bog dominates the site in its inland areas. [8]
Barroosky is situated near to the Sheskin Forest (not to be confused with Sheskin, County Monaghan) which stretches from near Ballycastle to Bellacorick. The forest is a large area of conifer forest plantation established on the bog lands of north Mayo. [11] A hunting lodge built by the McDonnell family and later owned by the Jameson family, now in ruins lies there. [12] [13] [14]
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Barr Rúscaí, Co.Mayo, 29054 [..] Electoral Division [..] Population - 2022 [..] 96