Glengad is a Gaeltacht village in the parish of Kilcommon in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is also known as Dooncarton, a name which comes from an Iron Age tribal chieftain called Ciortan, a char
Glengad, overlooking Sruwaddacon Bay.
Dooncarton mountain in Glengad.
Kilcommon is a civil parish in the barony of Erris in north County Mayo, Ireland, consisting of two large peninsulas; Dún Chaocháin and Dún Chiortáin. It has 37 townlands, some of which are so remote
Glengad
…Glengad (Irish: Gleann an Ghad, meaning 'valley of the withes') is a Gaeltacht village in the parish of Kilcommon in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is also known as Dooncarton (Irish: Dún Ceartáin, meaning 'Cartan's Fort'), a name which comes from an Iron Age…
Dolphin frolicking with its pod in Sruwaddacon estuary, Broadhaven Bay, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. August 2010
The view from Dún Chiortán promontory fort, Glengad, Kilcommon, Erris.
The Stags (or Stacks) of Broadhaven, Kilcommon Parish, Erris