• Mayo on the Move - lots of information related to County Mayo, provided by Mayo Ireland Ltd.
• Mayo Photos (places) - on IGP
• Postcards of Mayo (Mayo County Library)

“This county is divided into nine baronies, viz: Burrishoole, in the W.; Carra, in the midst; Clanmorris, in the S.E.; Costello, in the E.; Erris and Tirawley, in the N. and N.W.; Gallen, in the N. E.; Kilmaine, in the S.; and Murrisk, in the S.W. These baronies include 73 parishes. The principal towns are, Castlebar, the county town, Westport, Ballinrobe, Ballina, Ballaghadirreen, Swinford, Claremorris, Crossmolina, Newport, Killala, and Foxford. The first four, with Swinford, are Poor-law Unions. The assizes are held at Castlebar, and quarter sessions are held at six of the above-named towns.” [Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2018]

‘The chief communications of the county are the Athlone and Castlebar section of the Great Northern and Western railway, and the coach roads, from Castlebar to Minola, Kilcolman, Ballyhaunis, Castlerea, Roscommon, and Dublin; to Lough Conn, Foxford, Ballina, Killala, and Sligo; to Lough Beltra in Glenhest, Owen Inny river, Bangor, Belmullet, and Erris Head; to Newport and Clew Bay, Bunown, Curran, Achill, and Achill Head to Clonkeen, Westport, Croaghpatrick, Killeries, and Clifden; and lastly to Balcarra, Burriscarra Abbey, Ballinrobe Cross, Rossduff; and Galway.“ [Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2018]

General Information

• Ancestral Heritage - listing of heritage sites, from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board
• Irish National Tourist Board - Official site
• The Northern Ireland Tourist Board's Official Home Page
• Heritage of Ireland

Travel Information

• Bus & train travel in Northern Ireland on the Translink website.
• Bus & train travel in the Republic of Ireland on the Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) website.

• Descriptions of the county and its towns and parishes from different periods can be found in trade directories from the early 19th century onwards - see Directories.
• Travel Writing - transcriptions of a number of books describing early travels in Britain, from Vision of Britain.
• The U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens provided by Landscapes & Gardens at the University of York.
• The complete texts of Defoe's Tour of Great Britain (1778), Thompson's Tour of England and Scotland (1785) and Stebbing's Tour of the west of England. Made available by The Center for Retrospective Digitization, Göttingen State and University Library.
• Geograph British Isles - "aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles".
• Historical Aerial Photography - "an unsurpassed collection of information about old aerial photographs of the UK, from the 40's to the 90's..."
• Britain From Above - "the unique Aerofilms collection of aerial photographs from 1919-1953".
• Round the Coast scanned photographs from "An album of pictures from photographs of the chief seaside places of interest in Great Britain and Ireland" (George Newnes Ltd., 1895)" provided by by Rosemary and Stan Rodliffe.
• A modern map of the United Kingdom.