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|motto                 = ''{{lang|ga|Dia is Muire Linn}}''{{spaces|2}}<small>([[Irish language|Irish]])</small><br />"God and [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] be with us"

|image_map              = Island of Ireland location map Mayo.svg

|population_footnotes  = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpr/censusofpopulation2022-preliminaryresults/geographicchanges/ |title=Census of Population 2022 - Preliminary Results |date=23 June 2022 |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>

|leader_name2          = {{ubl|[[Mayo (Dáil constituency)|Mayo]]|[[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]}}

|leader_name3          = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]]

|subdivision_type2      = [[Regions of Ireland|Region]]

|established_date      = {{circa|1570}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/about-mayo/history/short-introduction-of-county-mayo.html|title=A short history County Mayo in the West of Ireland - mayo-ireland.ie|website=www.mayo-ireland.ie|access-date=19 June 2019|archive-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619195756/http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/about-mayo/history/short-introduction-of-county-mayo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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*Mayo has Ireland's highest cliffs at [[Croaghaun]], Achill Island,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.ie/photo/148102|title=Geograph:: Croaghaun, Ireland's highest cliffs (C) Mike Simms|website=www.geograph.ie|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075818/https://www.geograph.ie/photo/148102|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> while the [[Benwee Head]] cliffs in [[Kilcommon]] [[Erris]] drop almost perpendicularly {{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} into the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>[[Ordnance Survey Ireland]], 2012</ref>

According to the 2022 census:<ref>{{cite web | title = Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement – F1015 - Population | url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | work = [[2022 census of Ireland|Census 2022]] | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 29 June 2023}}</ref>

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The first people who came to Ireland – mainly to coastal areas as the interior was heavily forested – arrived during the Middle Stone Age, as far back as eleven thousand years ago.<ref name="Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo Archaeology Overview" /> Artefacts of [[mesolithic|hunter/gatherers]] are sometimes found in [[midden]]s, rubbish pits around [[hearth]]s where people would have rested and cooked over large open fires. Once cliffs erode, midden remains become exposed as blackened areas containing charred stones, bones, and shells. They are usually found a metre below the surface. Mesolithic people did not have major rituals associated with burial, unlike those of the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period.<ref name="The Neolithic, or New Stone Age">{{cite web |url=http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/pre_norman_history/neolithic_age.html |title=Travel with us through the history of Ireland! |access-date=2013-04-26 |archive-date=28 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328062406/http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/pre_norman_history/neolithic_age.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are four distinct types of [[Irish megalithic tombs]]—[[court cairn|court tomb]]s, [[Dolmen|portal tomb]]s, [[passage grave|passage tomb]]s and [[wedge-shaped gallery grave|wedge tomb]]s—examples of all of which can be found in County Mayo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Heritage |title=Heritage - Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607072658/http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Heritage/ |archive-date=7 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Areas particularly rich in megalithic tombs include [[Achill Island|Achill]], [[Kilcommon]], [[Ballyhaunis]], [[Moygownagh]], [[Killala]] and the Behy/Glenurla area around the [[Céide Fields]].

In 795 the first of the [[Viking]] raids took place. The Vikings came from [[Scandinavia]] to raid the monasteries as they were places of wealth with precious metal working taking place in them. Some of the larger ecclesiastical settlements erected [[Irish round tower|round tower]]s to prevent their precious items from being plundered and also to show their status and strength against these pagan raiders from the north. There are round towers at [[Aughagower]], [[Balla, County Mayo|Balla]], [[Killala]], Turlough and Meelick. The Vikings established settlements that later developed into towns (Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Waterford etc.) but none were in County Mayo. Between the reigns of [[Kings of Connacht]] [[Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg]] (973–1010) and [[Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair]] (1106–1156), various tribal territories were incorporated into the kingdom of Connacht and ruled by the Siol Muirdaig dynasty, based initially at [[Rathcroghan]] in [[County Roscommon]], and from {{circa}} 1050 at [[Tuam]]. The families of [[O'Malley (surname)|O'Malley]] and [[O'Dowd]] of Mayo served as [[admiral]]s of the [[Naval fleet|fleet]] of [[Connacht]], while families such as O'Lachtnan, [[Mac Fhirbhisigh]], and O'Cleary were ecclesiastical and bardic clans.

County Mayo came under Norman control in AD 1235. Norman control meant the eclipse of many Gaelic lords and chieftains, chiefly the O'Connors of Connacht.<ref name="County Mayo: An Outline History" /> During the 1230s, the [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]]s and [[Wales|Welsh]] under [[Richard Mór de Burgh]] (c. 1194 – 1242) invaded and settled in the county, introducing new families such as [[House of Burke|Burke]], [[Gibbons (surname)|Gibbons]], [[Staunton (surname)|Staunton]], [[Prendergast (surname)|Prendergast]], [[Morris (surname)|Morris]], [[Joyce (name)|Joyce]], [[Walsh (surname)|Walsh]], [[Barrett (surname)|Barrett]], [[Lynott (disambiguation)|Lynott]], [[Costello (surname)|Costello]], [[Padden]] and [[Price (surname)|Price]], Norman names are still common in County Mayo. Following the collapse of the lordship in the 1330s, all these families became estranged from the [[Anglo-Irish]] administration based in [[Dublin]] and assimilated with the Gaelic-Irish, adopting their language, religion, dress, laws, customs and culture and marrying into Irish families. They became "[[more Irish than the Irish themselves]]".

The Anglo-Normans encouraged and established many religious orders from continental Europe to settle in Ireland. Mendicant orders—[[Augustinians]], [[Carmelites]], [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]] and [[Franciscans]] began new settlements across Ireland and built large churches, many under the patronage of prominent [[Gaels|Gaelic]] families. Some of these sites include [[Cong, County Mayo|Cong]], [[Strade]], [[Ballintubber]], [[Errew Abbey]], [[Burrishoole Friary|Burrishoole Abbey]] and [[School of Mayo|Mayo Abbey]].<ref name="Anglo-Norman">{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-due.de/LI/Anglo_Norman.htm|title=Universität Duisburg-Essen: Language in Ireland|access-date=2013-04-26|archive-date=25 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425004208/http://www.uni-due.de/LI/Anglo_Norman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 15th and 16th centuries, despite regular conflicts between them as England chopped and changed between religious beliefs, the Irish usually regarded the King of England as their King. When [[Elizabeth I]] came to the throne in the mid-16th century, the English people, as was customary at that time, followed the religious practices of the reigning monarch and became Protestant. Many Irish people such as [[Grace O'Malley]], the famous pirate queen, had close relationships with the English monarchy, and the English kings and queens were welcome visitors to Irish shores. The Irish however, generally held onto their Catholic religious practices and beliefs. The early plantations of settlers in Ireland began during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid-16th century and continued throughout the long reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] until 1603. By then the term ''County Mayo'' had come into use. In the summer of 1588, the galleons of the [[Spanish Armada]] were wrecked by storms along the west coast of Ireland. Some of the hapless Spaniards came ashore in Mayo, only to be robbed and imprisoned, and in many cases slaughtered.

Almost all the religious foundations set up by the Anglo-Normans were suppressed in the wake of the [[Reformation]] in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/15411598.html|title=History of Ireland 1541 - 1598: Protestant Reformation and the Offaly & Munster Plantations|website=www.wesleyjohnston.com|access-date=5 July 2010|archive-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414041550/http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/15411598.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Guillermo Brown 1865.jpg|thumb|right|[[William Brown (admiral)|William Brown]] is considered to be a founding father and national hero in [[Argentina]] thanks to his efforts during the [[Argentine War of Independence]] and subsequent wars to defend the newfound nation]]

Pirate Queen [[Grace O'Malley]] is probably the best-known person from County Mayo between the mid-16th century and the turn of the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web | last = Chambers | first = Anne | title = Grace O'Malley - Time Line | url = http://www.graceomalley.com/timeline.php | access-date = 18 August 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131026061513/http://www.graceomalley.com/timeline.php | archive-date = 26 October 2013}}</ref> In the 1640s, when Oliver Cromwell overthrew the English monarchy and set up a parliamentarian government, Ireland suffered severely. With a stern regime in absolute control needing to pay its armies and allies, the need to pay them with grants of land in Ireland led to the '[[to hell or to Connaught]]' policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishIndependence/22.php|title="Hell or Connacht," 1653-1654|website=www.libraryireland.com|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075816/https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishIndependence/22.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Displaced native Irish families from other (eastern and southern mostly) parts of the country were either forced to leave the country or were awarded grants of land 'west of the Shannon' and put off their own lands in the east. The land in the west was divided and sub-divided between more and more people as huge estates were granted on the best land in the east to those who best pleased the English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/Cromwell_2.htm |title=The Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area |access-date=2007-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011165306/http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/Cromwell_2.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref> Mayo does not seem to have been affected much during the [[Williamite War in Ireland]], though many natives were outlawed and exiled.

The general unrest in Ireland was felt just as keenly across Mayo, and as the 19th century approached and news reached Ireland about the [[American War of Independence]] and the [[French Revolution]], the downtrodden Irish, constantly suppressed by Government policies and decisions from Dublin and London, began to rally themselves for their own stand against British rule in their country. 1798 saw Mayo become a central part of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|United Irishmen Rebellion]] when [[Jean Joseph Amable Humbert|General Humbert]] from France landed in [[Killala]] with over 1,000 soldiers playing to support the main uprising.  They marched across the county towards the administrative centre of Castlebar, leading to the [[Battle of Castlebar]]. Taking the garrison by surprise Humbert's army was victorious. He established a [[Irish Republic (1798)|' Republic of Connacht']] with [[John Moore (Irish politician)|John Moore]] of the Moore family from [[Moore Hall, County Mayo|Moore Hall]] near Partry as its head. Humbert's army marched on towards Sligo, Leitrim and Longford where they were suddenly faced with a massive British army and were forced to surrender in less than half an hour. The French soldiers were treated honourably, but for the Irish the surrender meant slaughter. Many died on the scaffold in towns like Castlebar and Claremorris, where the high sheriff for County Mayo, the Honourable [[Denis Browne (politician)|Denis Browne]], M.P., brother of Lord Altamont, wreaked a terrible vengeance – thus earning for himself the nickname which has survived in folk memory to the present day, 'Donnchadh an Rópa' (Denis of the Rope).

In the 18th century and early 19th century, sectarian tensions arose as evangelical Protestant missionaries sought to 'redeem the Irish poor from the errors of Popery'. One of the best known was the [[Edward Nangle|Rev. Edward Nangle]]'s mission at Dugort in [[Achill Island|Achill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/Environment/LeisureAmenities/Beaches/Doogort/|title=Mayo County Council - County Mayo, Ireland -- Doogort|website=www.mayococo.ie|access-date=6 July 2010|archive-date=17 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017111506/http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/Environment/LeisureAmenities/Beaches/Doogort/|url-status=live}}</ref> These too were the years of the campaign for [[Catholic emancipation]] and, later, for the abolition of the tithes, which a predominately Catholic population was forced to pay for the upkeep of the clergy of the Established (Protestant) Church.

During the early years of the 19th&nbsp;century, famine was a common occurrence, particularly where population pressure was a problem. The population of Ireland grew to over eight million people prior to the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Irish Famine]] (or Great Famine) of 1845–47. The Irish people depended on the potato crop for their sustenance. Disaster struck in August 1845, when a killer fungus (later diagnosed as Phytophthora infestans) started to destroy the potato crop. When widespread famine struck, about a million people died and a further million left the country. People died in the fields of starvation and disease. The catastrophe was particularly bad in County Mayo, where nearly ninety per cent of the population depended on the potato as their staple food. By 1848, Mayo was a county of total misery and despair, with any attempts at alleviating measures in complete disarray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/FamineBelmulletFriends/index.php|title=Irish Famine Report from Belmullet, County Mayo (1847)|website=www.libraryireland.com|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075818/https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/FamineBelmulletFriends/index.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are numerous reminders of the Great Famine to be seen on the Mayo landscape: workhouse sites, famine graves, sites of soup kitchens, deserted homes and villages and even traces of undug 'lazy-beds' in fields on the sides of hills. Many roads and lanes were built as famine relief measures. There were nine workhouses in the county: Ballina, Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar, Claremorris, Killala, Newport, Swinford and Westport.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mayohistory.com/H18to19.htm |title=County Mayo:An Outline History - Part 3 |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528145751/http://www.mayohistory.com/H18to19.htm |archive-date=28 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A small poverty-stricken place called [[Knock Shrine|Knock]], County Mayo, made headlines when it was announced that an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John had taken place there on 21 August 1879, witnessed by fifteen local people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knockshrine.ie/history/witnesses-accounts/|title=Witnesses Accounts - Knock Museum Collection - Marian Shrine - Knock Shrine - Ireland's National Marian Shrine - Shrine Mayo|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524194404/https://www.knockshrine.ie/history/witnesses-accounts/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It was in this era of agrarian unrest that a new verb was introduced to the English language by Mayo - "to [[boycott]]". [[Charles Boycott]] was an English landlord deeply unpopular with his tenants. When Charles Steward Parnell made a speech in [[Ennis]], [[County Clare]], urging [[nonviolent resistance]] against landlords, his tactics were enthusiastically taken in Mayo against Boycott. The entire Catholic community around [[Lough Mask]] in South Mayo where Boycott had his estate became a campaign of total social ostracisation against Boycott, a tactic that would one day come to bear his name. The campaign against Boycott became a {{lang|fr|[[cause célèbre]]}} in the British press after he wrote a letter to ''[[The Times]]''. The British elite rallied to his cause and Fifty [[Orange Institution|Orangemen]] from [[County Cavan]] and [[County Monaghan]] travelled to his estate to harvest the crops, while a regiment of the [[19th Royal Hussars]] and more than 1,000 men of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] were deployed to protect the harvesters. However, the cost of doing this was completely uneconomic: It cost the British government somewhere in the region of £10,000 to simply harvest £500 worth of crops. Boycott sold off the estate and the British government's resolve to try to break boycotts in this completely dissolved, resulting in victory for the tenants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/looking-at-places/mayo/michael-davitt/captain-boycott/|title=Captain Boycott|website=www.askaboutireland.ie|access-date=5 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324033635/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/looking-at-places/mayo/michael-davitt/captain-boycott/|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The "Land Question" was gradually resolved by a scheme of state-aided land purchase schemes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/irish-land-question|title=Irish Land Question - Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075816/https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/irish-land-question|url-status=live}}</ref> The tenants became the owners of their lands under the newly set-up [[Irish Land Commission|Land Commission]].

In 2011 [[Enda Kenny]] became the first politician from a Mayo constituency and the second Mayo native to serve as [[Taoiseach]], the head of government of Ireland. Kenny went on to become the longest-serving Fine Gael Taoiseach in Irish history.<ref name=RTE-LongestFG01a>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0420/868854-politics_fine_gael/ |title=Kenny becomes Fine Gael's longest-serving Taoiseach |publisher=RTE |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=21 April 2017 |quote=Enda Kenny has become Fine Gael's longest-serving Taoiseach, having equalled the record of John A Costello yesterday. Today is Mr Kenny's 2,234th day in office. |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421032630/http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0420/868854-politics_fine_gael/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Calraige]]           – pre-historic tribe found in the parishes of [[Attymass]], [[Kilgarvan]], [[Crossmolina]] and the [[River Moy]]

* [[Ciarraige]]           – settlers from [[Munster]] found in south-east Mayo around [[Kiltimagh]] and west [[County Roscommon]]

* [[Conmhaícne|Conmaicne]] – a people located in the [[barony (country subdivision)|barony]] of [[Kilmaine]], alleged descendants of [[Fergus mac Róich]]

* [[Fir Domnann]]         – branch of the [[Laigin]], originally from [[United Kingdom|Britain]], located in [[Erris]]

* [[Gamanraige]]         – pre-historic [[kings of Connacht]], famous for battle with [[Medb]] & [[Ailill mac Máta|Ailill]] of [[Rathcroghan|Cruachan]] in [[Táin Bó Flidhais]]. Based in [[Erris]], [[Carrowmore Lake]], [[Killala Bay]], [[Lough Conn]]

* [[Gailenga]]           – kingdom extending east from [[Castlebar]] to adjoining parts of Mayo

* [[Uí Fiachrach]] Muidhe – a sept of the [[Connachta]], based around [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]], some of whom were [[kings of Connacht]]

* [[Partraige]]           – a pre-[[Gaels|Gaelic]] people of [[Lough Mask]] and [[Lough Carra]], namesakes of [[Partry]]

* [[Umaill]]             – kingdom surrounding [[Clew Bay]], east towards [[Castlebar]], its rulers adopted the surname [[O'Malley (surname)|O'Malley]]

Since 2016, Mayo has been represented on a national political level by four [[Teachta Dála|TDs]] who represent the constituency of Mayo in [[Dáil Éireann]]. Previous to 2016 the constituency had five TDs but this was reduced based on the county's current population in line with [[proportional representation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/1999-cabinet-approves-reduction-from-5-to-4-tds-in-mayo |title=Cabinet approves reduction from 5 to 4 TDs in Mayo |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=25 July 2012 |website=midwestradio.ie |access-date=18 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral divisions]] of Cong, Dalgan, Houndswood, Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, in the former Rural District of Ballinrobe, are in [[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]].

||footnote=<ref name=cso2022/><ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census Census for post 1821 figures.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |date=9 March 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org  |title=Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website |date= |website=www.histpop.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency - Census Home Page |access-date=2010-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book

| hdl = 10197/1406| hdl-access = free }}</ref><ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149313A3E055000000000001 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Mayo | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 5 October 2018 | archive-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181006035045/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149313A3E055000000000001 | url-status = live }}</ref>

9% of the population of County Mayo live in the [[Gaeltacht]]. The Gaeltacht Irish-speaking region in County Mayo is the third-largest in Ireland with 10,886 inhabitants. These Irish-speaking areas of Mayo contain 5,956 Irish speakers.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpp8/censusofpopulation2022profile8-theirishlanguageandeducation/irishlanguageandthegaeltacht/|title=Census of Population 2022 Profile 8 - The Irish Language and Education|access-date=22 September 2024|website=Central Statistics Office (Ireland)}}</ref> [[Tourmakeady]] is the largest village in this area. All schools in the area use Irish as the language of instruction. Mayo has four gaelscoileanna in its four major towns,{{which|date=March 2022}} providing primary education to students through Irish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/category/schools/primary/mayo/|title=Mayo : Gaelscoileanna – Irish Medium Education|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075817/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/category/schools/primary/mayo/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2022}}

Newspapers in County Mayo include ''[[The Mayo News]]'', the ''[[Connaught Telegraph]]'', the ''[[Connacht Tribune]]'', ''[[Western People]]'', and ''Mayo Advertiser'', which is Mayo's only free newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/index.php/mayo|title=Mayo News, Sport, Business, Classifieds - Mayo Advertiser|website=www.advertiser.ie|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075817/https://www.advertiser.ie/index.php/mayo|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Mayo Now'' is a monthly entertainment and culture magazine for the towns of Ballina, Foxford, Killala, Crossmolina and surrounding areas – this is out on the first Friday of each month.

the face of the challenges posed by the declining production of [[fossil fuels]] and expected disruptions to supply chains, and by long-term economic [[recession]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sustainability.ie/energyplan.html |title=Mayo Energy Audit - A preliminary assessment of a rural county's chances of surviving peak oil |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620011331/http://www.sustainability.ie/energyplan.html |archive-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47704 |title=Mayo Energy Audit (Review) &#124; Energy Bulletin |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612024724/http://energybulletin.net/node/47704 |archive-date=12 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zone5.org/why-do-my-dogs-paws-smell-like-popcorn/|title=Why Do My Dog's Paws Smell Like Popcorn?|date=17 August 2015|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107030814/http://zone5.org/why-do-my-dogs-paws-smell-like-popcorn/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo]] (1822–1872) – [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy of India]] (1869–1872)

* [[Patrick Browne (physician)|Patrick Browne]] (1720–1790) – physician and botanist

* [[Michael Davitt]] (1846–1906) – [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]], [[agrarianism|agrarian]] campaigner, [[Trades union|labour leader]], [[Irish Home Rule movement|Home Rule]] politician and Member of Parliament (MP) who founded the [[Irish National Land League]].

* [[Grace O'Malley]] (circa 1530 – circa 1603) – Lord of the [[Kings of Umhaill|O'Malley]] dynasty in the 16th century

* [[William Brown (admiral)|Admiral William Brown]] (1777–1857) – Founder of the [[Argentine Navy]]

* [[Charles Haughey]] (1925–2006) – [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (1979–1982; 1987–1992)

* [[Enda Kenny]] (born 1951) – Politician, leader of [[Fine Gael]] (2002–2017), and [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (2011–2017)

* [[John MacBride]] (1868–1916) – Republican and military leader, executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 [[Easter Rising]]

* [[William O'Dwyer]] (1890–1964) – 100th mayor of [[New York City]] (1946–1950)

* [[Michael Ring]] (born 1953) – Politician and [[Mayo (Dáil constituency)|Mayo]] TD, [[Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht|Minister for Rural and Community Development]] (2017–2020)<ref>{{cite news |last=Murtagh |first=Peter |date=28 February 2016 |title=Profile: Michael Ring (FG) |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/profile-michael-ring-fg-1.2552780 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>

* [[Mary Robinson]] (born 1944) – First female [[President of Ireland]] (1990–1997), and [[United Nations]] High Commissioner for [[Human rights]].

* [[Millie Robinson]] (1924–1994) – Cyclist: first winner of [[Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale|women's Tour de France]] (1955) and holder of women's world [[hour record]] (1958)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Belbin |first1=Giles |date=25 August 2022 |title=Millie and her bike were joined at the hip': Remembering Millie Robinson, Britain's forgotten champion |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/millie-robinson-profile |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=Cyclist}}</ref>

* [[Sally Rooney]] (born 1991) – Author (''[[Conversations with Friends]]'', ''[[Normal People]]''), and screenwriter

* [[John Ruane]] (1936–2006) – American jockey, born County Mayo<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1950s/drf1958051402/drf1958051402_11_7 |title=Ruane to Get Award |work=Daily Racing Form Archives |publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] |date=14 May 1958 |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>

* [[Louis Walsh]] (born 1952) – Entertainment manager and judge on ''[[The X Factor]]'' (UK), and ''[[Ireland's Got Talent]]''