Lough Beltra

Glenhest (Irish: Gleann Hoiste or Gleann Oistín) is a small village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is located near Lough Beltra and the Nephin Mountains.

Nephin or Nefin (Irish: Néifinn), at 806 metres (2646 ft), is the highest standalone mountain in Ireland and the second-highest peak in Connacht (after Mweelrea), Ireland. It is to the west of Lough Conn in County Mayo. Néifinn is variously translated as meaning 'heavenly', 'sanctuary', or "Finn's Heaven".

Islandeady Lough (Irish: Loch Oileán Éadaí) is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in County Mayo.

Islandeady (Irish: Oileán Éadaí) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, about halfway between the towns of Castlebar and Westport. The parish of Islandeady meets Castlebar to the east, Westport and Newport to the west, and Aughagower and Killawalla to the south. There is a view of Croagh Patrick to the west and Nephin to the northeast. The main route by road is the N5. The parish has four national schools and a private secondary school.

Claggarnagh East (Irish: Clogarnach Thoir) is a townland in the parish & village of Islandeady and the historical barony of Burrishoole, County Mayo. It borders the nearby townlands of Claggarnagh West, Cloonkeen, Annagh. The townland's population has 73 people in 23 occupied dwellings.

Fahy (Irish: an Fhaiche, meaning 'a green field') is a small village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Westport and has a national (primary) school and Montessori school. The local Catholic church is, together with Kilmeena, in the ecclesiastical parish of Kilmeena-Fahy. Fahy Rovers, a local soccer club, also has facilities in the area.The surrounding townlands of Fahy More (Irish: An Fhaiche Mhór) and Lugnafahy (Irish: Log na Faiche) are in the civil parish of Kilmaclasser.

Ballymacrah (Irish: Baile Mhic Craith, meaning 'town[land] of Mac Craith') is a townland in the electoral division of Castlebar Rural and the barony of Carra, County Mayo. The townland is southwest of Castlebar and borders Ballynaboll South, Cloondeash, Derrinlevaun & Knockaphunta to the east, Derrycoosh to the south, Pheasanthill to the west and Ballynaboll North to the north. The townland, which is approximately 1.6 square kilometres (0.6 sq mi) in area, had a population of 58 people in 24 occupied dwellings in 2011.

Cogaula (Irish: Cagála) is a townland in the civil parish of Islandeady, County Mayo, Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi), and had a population of 74 people as of the 2011 census.The local national (primary) school, Cogaula National School, is approximately six kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Westport, and had 36 pupils enrolled as of 2011.

Levally Lough (Irish: Loch an Chrainn Chrín) is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in County Mayo near Lough Conn.

Carra (Irish: Ceara) is one of the nine baronies of County Mayo in Ireland, located in the mid-south area of the county. It is sometimes known as Burriscarra. It incorporates the town of Castlebar, the villages of Tourmakeady, Belcarra and Turlough, where the National Museum of Country Life is situated. Cara covers an area from approximately Pontoon and Beltra Lough at its northern end to Partry (Ballyovey) near Ballinrobe and Tourmakeady at its southern end.

Sheean (Irish: An Sián (Síodhán meaning "a fairy mound")) is a townland in the parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, electoral district of Clogher, in County Mayo, Ireland. It has an area of 0.6 square miles (382 acres, 154 hectares) and borders the townlands of (clockwise from the north) Cogaula, Doon, Dooncastle, Derrygorman, Drummindoo, and Carrownaclea. The eponymous settlement is located on a hill. Sheean is located on the N5 road east of Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Four parishes meet at Sheean – Aughagower, Islandeady, Kilmeena and Westport. There is also a tumulus in Sheean.Together with several other townlands Sheean forms an exclave of the parish of Islandeady, separated from the larger part by the territory of the parishes of Aghagower and Kilmaclasser.

There is little remaining of Doon Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Dúin, meaning 'Fort Castle'), situated on a hill in the townland of the same name, in the parish of Aughagower approximately four miles from Westport in County Mayo. In 1133, Cormac MacCarthy and Conor O'Brien invaded Connaught and plundered much of the country, destroying Dún Mughdhord (Doon Castle) and Dunmore.The Norman Castle of Doon appears to have been built on the site of the old Irish Dún Mughdhord. The castle has almost disappeared. The castle is in the townland of Dooncastle. According to local accounts, the stones of the castle were used by Lord Sligo in the building of Westport House. The castle is on a hill 150 feet in height and gave excellent views to the northeast to Islandeady and Aille, where the other McPhilpin castles were. The space on the hill is in the shape of an ellipse 40-60 yards x 20 yards. The castle was rectangular and measured about 40 feet x 27 feet. The space between the main castle and the outer fortifications was not great.According to Knox, the MacPhilbins held the castles of Ayle and Aghle and Doon in the Barony of Burrishoole and Bellabourke and the New Castle near Castlebar in the Barony of Carra.