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Glenamoy
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Glenamoy
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Overview
Glenamoy is a village in the civil parish of Kilcommon, Erris in the northern part of County Mayo in Ireland. The R314 road passes through Glenamoy.
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History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of possible crannógs in the townland of Bellagelly North. The Record of Monuments and Places records a ringfort site in Muingingaun townland. On 21 September 1922, during the Irish Civil War, a detachment of pro-Treaty National Army troops were ambushed by Anti-Treaty IRA forces at Glenamoy. Following the arrival of National Army reinforcements, a lengthy gun battle broke out - described in some sources as the "Battle of Glenamoy". In all, six pro-Treaty and ten anti-Treaty combatants are killed.
Geography
The electoral division of Glenamoy includes the following townlands: * Bellagelly North (Béal a Ghoile meaning "mouth of the stomach") * Bellagelly south (Béal a Ghoile meaning "mouth of the stomach") * Glencullin Lower (Gleann Chuilinn Íochtarach) * Glenturk Beg (Gleann Toirc Beag) * Glenturk More (Gleann Toirc Mór) * Muingingaun (Moing Iongáin meaning "stream of the talons") The townlands of Glenamoy make up the inland portion of Kilcommon parish which is, in the main, a coastal area. Much of Glenamoy is remote in nature and consists of large expanses of blanket bog. The electoral division of Glenamoy covers an area of approximately .
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