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Also known as Eachleim, Aghleam, Aughleam

An Eachléim, anglicized as Aughleam or Aghleam, is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, on the R313 regional road. It has a total area of . Its name derives from Irish Each (horse) and Léim (leap), as local folklore has it a horse leapt from the east of the townland to the west, marking out its borders.

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Place details

Locality
An Eachléim
Region
Connacht
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
An Eachléim
Settlement.other_name
or Aughleam
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Eachleim Heritage Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1854865.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Eachléim Heritage Centre
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Ireland
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right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type3
County
Settlement.subdivision_name3
County Mayo
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2002
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.elevation_m
1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
townland
Located in
County Mayo
Elevation
1
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Eachleim Heritage Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1854865.jpg
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Irish Grid Reference
F625205
Commons category
Aughleam
historic county
County Mayo
native label
An Eachléim
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Encyclopedic overview

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An Eachléim, anglicized as Aughleam or Aghleam, is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, on the R313 regional road. It has a total area of . Its name derives from Irish Each (horse) and Léim (leap), as local folklore has it a horse leapt from the east of the townland to the west, marking out its borders.

==Heritage sites== The village's heritage centre, Ionad Deirbhile, aims to give visitors an insight into the lifestyle of the Mullet Peninsula in the past. Also included is information on St. Deirbhile whose relics can be seen in the surrounding area. The heritage centre has locally gathered research history materials, which visitors can use to research local history and archaeology, island life and the Legend of the Children of Lir. While the heritage centre is relatively newly built, it was built to suit the area in the form of a traditional cottage. A 10-foot stained glass window illustrating the story of St. Deirbhile is a feature of the centre. It is a replica of the window found in the pre-Norman Church as Falmore.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “An Eachléim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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