Mayo is leading the way in county pride. There’s now a dedicated day to celebrate your Mayo origins. What are you doing to celebrate Mayo Day? Scattered far and wide across Ireland and around the ...

Can failure in sport be caused by a curse? That’s what "The Curse of County Mayo," in the new season of the BBC World Service's Amazing Sport Stories, is trying to find out. In US baseball, for the ...

From kitchen tables, coffee shops, courthouses, council chambers, sidelines and post offices, we in the Irish Independent have brought you the good, bad, the ugly, the funny and the downright bizarre ...

Keem Beach, Achill Island, Co Mayo. Photo: Christian McLeod A beach ranger is set to be employed at the iconic Keem Bay on Achill Island in County Mayo. The ranger is set to be employed for the summer ...

When the County Mayo Association of Boston announced they were having a 100th Anniversary Banquet and Dance, John Hughes from the Tinker’s Cart sprang into action. Realizing the large number of ...

The great stone Stella Maris was built in 1853 as a British coast guard station overlooking Bunatrahir Bay (chinks in its stone walls once offered clear shots at potential intruders). It was rescued ...