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Connacht

(Encyclopedia) Connacht or Connaught Connacht both: kŏnˈôt, kənôtˈ [key], province, 6,611…

Clare Island

(Encyclopedia) Clare Island, c.6 sq mi (15 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, at the entrance to Clew Bay. There are ruins of a 13th-century Carmelite abbey and of the 16th-century castle of…

Virginia Mayo 2005 Deaths

Virginia MayoAge: 84 film actress whose beauty prompted the sultan of Morocco to write that she was “tangible proof of the existence of God.” She played the unfaithful wife of World War II…

Whitman Mayo 2001 Deaths

Whitman MayoAge: 70 actor best known for his role as Grady on the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son.Died: Atlanta, Ga., May 22, 2001Stan (Chook) MaxwellM - QTheodore McCarty

Kendall, Edward Calvin

(Encyclopedia) Kendall, Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, American biochemist, b. South Norwalk, Conn., grad. Columbia (B.S., 1908; Ph.D., 1910). At St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, he did research on the…

Croagh Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Croagh PatrickCroagh Patrickkrōˈäpătˈrĭk, krōˈäkh– [key], mountain, 2,510 ft (765 m) high, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, near Westport Bay. Legend connects it with St. Patrick, and…

Castlebar

(Encyclopedia) Castlebar Castlebar kăsˌəlbärˈ [key], town, seat of Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland. It is a market for…

Clew Bay

(Encyclopedia) Clew Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.15 mi (25 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland. Nearly 300 islands are found in the eastern part of the bay, some…

Corrib, Lough

(Encyclopedia) Corrib, LoughCorrib, Loughlŏkh kŏrˈĭb [key], lake, 68 sq mi (176 sq km), Counties Galway and Mayo, W Republic of Ireland. The irregularly shaped lake, which is 27 mi (43 km) long,…