Achill Island

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Achill Island （/ˈækəl/; Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla） in County Mayo is the largest of the Irish isles, and is situated off the west coast of Ireland.
It has a population of 2,594.
Its area is 148 km2 （57 sq mi）.
Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge, between the villages of Gob an Choire （Achill Sound） and Poll Raithní （Polranny）.
A bridge was first completed here in 1887.
Other centres of population include the villages of Keel, Dooagh, Dumha Éige （Dooega）, Dún Ibhir （Dooniver）, and Dugort.
The parish's main Gaelic football pitch and secondary school are on the mainland at Poll Raithní.
Early human settlements are believed to have been established on Achill around 3000 BC. The island is 87% peat bog.
The parish of Achill consists of Achill Island, Achillbeg, Inishbiggle and the Corraun Peninsula.
Roughly half of the island, including the villages of Achill Sound and Bunacurry are in the Gaeltacht （traditional Irish-speaking region） of Ireland, although the vast majority of the island's population speaks English as their daily language.
Our Escort into Glenaragh, from the sketch book and diary of Elizabeth Thompson.
It is believed that at the end of the Neolithic Period （around 4000 BC）, Achill had a population of 500–1,000 people.
The island would have been mostly forest until the Neolithic people began crop cultivation.
Settlement increased during the Iron Age, and the dispersal of small promontory forts around the coast indicate the warlike nature of the times.
Megalithic tombs and forts can be seen at Slievemore, along the Atlantic Drive and on Achillbeg.
Achill Island lies in the Barony of Burrishoole, in the territory of ancient Umhall （Umhall Uactarach and Umhall Ioctarach）, that originally encompassed an area extending from the County Galway/Mayo border to Achill Head.
The hereditary...