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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 143 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ACHILL (" Eagle ")

ACHILL (" See also:
EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)
Eagle ") , the largest See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off See also:

Ireland, separated from the Curraun See also:

peninsula of the See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast by the narrow Achill See also:

Sound. Pop. (1901) 4929. It is included in the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

Mayo, in the western See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division. Its shape is triangular, and its extent is 15 M. from E. to W. and 12 from N. to S. The See also:

AREA

area is 57 sq. m. The island is mountainous, the highest points being Slieve Croaghaun (2192 ft.) in the west, and Slievemore (2204 ft.) in the See also:

north; the extreme western point is the bold and rugged promontory of Achill See also:

Head, and the north-western and See also:

south-western coasts consist of ranges of magnificent cliffs, reaching a height of 800 ft. in the cliffs of Minaun, near the See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

KEEL

Keel on the south. The seaward slope of Croaghaun is abrupt and in parts precipitous, and its jagged flanks, together with the serrated See also:

ridge of the Head and the view over the broken coast-See also:

LINE

line and islands of the counties Mayo and See also:

GALWAY

Galway, attract many visitors to the island during summer. Desolate bogs, incapable of cultivation, alternate with the mountains; and the inhabitants See also:

EARN

earn a scanty subsistence by fishing and tillage, or by seeking employment in See also:

England and See also:

Scotland during the harvesting. The Congested Districts See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board, however, have made efforts to improve the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

PEOPLE

people, and a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Midland See also:

GREAT

Great Western railway to Achill Sound, together with a swivel See also:

BRIDGE

bridge across the sound, improved communications and make for prosperity. Dugort, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal village, contains several hotels. Here is a Protest-See also:

ant See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, known as " the See also:

Settlement " and founded in 1834.

There are antiquarian remains (cromlechs, See also:

stone circles and the like) at Slievemore and elsewhere.

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