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Encyclopedia Britannica



ACHILL (" Eagle ")

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 143 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACHILL (" Eagle ") , the largest
island
  off Ireland, separated from the Curraun peninsula of the west
coast
  by the narrow Achill Sound. Pop. (1901) 4929. It is included in the county Mayo, in the western parliamentary division. Its shape is triangular, and its extent is 15 M. from E. to W. and 12 from N. to S. The 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 north; the extreme western point is the bold and rugged promontory of Achill Head, and the north-western and
south
 -western coasts consist of ranges of magnificent cliffs, reaching a height of 800 ft. in the cliffs of Minaun, near the
village
  of Keel on the
south
 . The seaward slope of Croaghaun is abrupt and in parts precipitous, and its jagged flanks, together with the serrated
ridge
  of the Head and the view over the broken
coast
 -line and islands of the counties Mayo and
Galway
 , attract many visitors to the island during summer. Desolate bogs, incapable of cultivation, alternate with the mountains; and the inhabitants earn a scanty subsistence by fishing and tillage, or by seeking employment in England and
Scotland
  during the harvesting. The Congested Districts Board, however, have made efforts to improve the
condition
  of the people, and a branch of the Midland
Great
  Western railway to Achill Sound, together with a swivel bridge across the sound, improved communications and make for prosperity. Dugort, the principal
village
 , contains several hotels. Here is a Protest-ant colony, known as " the
Settlement
  " and founded in 1834. There are antiquarian remains (cromlechs, stone circles and the like) at Slievemore and elsewhere.


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