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April 30 | Deaths | Deaths |
April 30 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
AD 65 β Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
125 β An, Chinese emperor (b. 94)
535 β Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent
783 β Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen
1002 β Eckard I, German nobleman
1030 β Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)
1063 β Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1010)
1131 β Adjutor, Frenc... |
April 30 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1632 β Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1632 β Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566)
1637 β Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyΕ (b. 1571)
1655 β Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1660 β Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 15... |
April 30 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1903 β Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
1910 β Jean MorΓ©as, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
1926 β Bessie Coleman, American pilot (b. 1892)
1936 β A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
1939 β Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
1943 β Eddy Hamel, American footballer (b.... |
April 30 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Armed Forces Day (Georgia)
CamarΓ³n Day (French Foreign Legion)
Children's Day (Mexico)
Christian feast day:
Adjutor
Aimo
Amator, Peter and Louis
Donatus of Evorea
Eutropius of Saintes
Marie Guyart (Anglican Church of Canada)
Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)
Maximus of Rome
Blessed Miles Gera... |
April 30 | References | References |
April 30 | External links | External links
BBC: On This Day
Historical Events on April 30
Category:Days of April |
April 30 | Table of Content | pp-pc1, Events, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Births, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Deaths, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Holidays and observances, References, External links |
August 22 | pp-pc1 | |
August 22 | Events | Events |
August 22 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
392 β Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 β Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138 β Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1153 β CrusaderβFatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an ar... |
August 22 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1614 β Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
1639 β Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 β Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, w... |
August 22 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1902 β The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 β Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1902 β At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
1922 β Michael Collins, ... |
August 22 | Births | Births |
August 22 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
1412 β Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1464)
1570 β Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1636)
1599 β Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (d. 1636) |
August 22 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1601 β Georges de ScudΓ©ry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
1624 β Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
1647 β Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
1679 β Pierre GuΓ©rin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 β Pope Leo XII ... |
August 22 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1902 β Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)
1902 β Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
1902 β Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
1903 β Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
1904 β Deng Xia... |
August 22 | Deaths | Deaths |
August 22 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
408 β Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 β Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
1241 β Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
1280 β Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225)
1304 β John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
1338 β William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
1350 β Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
1358 β Isabella of France (b. 1295)
14... |
August 22 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1607 β Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
1652 β Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
1664 β Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
1680 β John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 161... |
August 22 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1903 β Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1904 β Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
1909 β Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
1914 β Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italia... |
August 22 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Guinefort, the holy greyhound, feast day traditionally.Saint Guinefort: The Holy Greyhound
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)
Queenship of Mary
August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence... |
August 22 | References | References |
August 22 | External links | External links
Category:Days of August |
August 22 | Table of Content | pp-pc1, Events, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Births, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Deaths, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Holidays and observances, References, External links |
August 27 | pp-move | |
August 27 | Events | Events |
August 27 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
410 β The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1172 β Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
1232 β Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class... |
August 27 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1689 β The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
1776 β American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American t... |
August 27 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1908 β The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
1914 β World War I: Battle of Γtreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
... |
August 27 | Births | Births |
August 27 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
865 β Rhazes, Persian polymath (d. 925)
1407 β Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shΕgun (d. 1425)
1471 β George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
1487 β Anna of Brandenburg (d. 1514)
1512 β Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (d. 1564)
1542 β John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (d. 1600)
1... |
August 27 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1624 β Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (d. 1662)
1637 β Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (d. 1715)
1665 β John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
1669 β Anne Marie d'OrlΓ©ans, queen of Sardinia (d. 1728)
1677 β Otto Ferdinand vo... |
August 27 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1904 β Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1904 β Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983)
1904 β John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
1905 β Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (d. 1945)
1906 β Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatch... |
August 27 | Deaths | Deaths |
August 27 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
542 β Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)
749 β Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general
827 β Pope Eugene II
923 β Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress
1146 β King Eric III of Denmark
1255 β Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (b. 1247)
1312 β Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1261... |
August 27 | 1601β1900 | 1601β1900
1611 β TomΓ‘s Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
1635 β Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1664 β Francisco de ZurbarΓ‘n, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
1748 β James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1782 β John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist... |
August 27 | 1901βpresent | 1901βpresent
1903 β Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
1909 β Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
1922 β ReΕat ΓiΔiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
1929 β Herman PotoΔnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
1931 β Frank Harris, Irish-American journ... |
August 27 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Baculus of Sorrento
Caesarius of Arles
Decuman
Gebhard of Constance
Euthalia
John of Pavia
Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)
MΓ‘el Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland)
Margaret the Barefooted
Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
Narnus
Our Lady of La Vang
Phanourios of Rhodes
... |
August 27 | References | References |
August 27 | External links | External links
Category:Days of August |
August 27 | Table of Content | pp-move, Events, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Births, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Deaths, Pre-1600, 1601β1900, 1901βpresent, Holidays and observances, References, External links |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Short description | upright=0.8|thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of an alcohol molecule (). The red and white balls represent the hydroxyl group (). The three "R"s stand for carbon substituents or hydrogen atoms.
In chemistry, an alcohol (), is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl () functional group bound to a sa... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | History | History
The flammable nature of the exhalations of wine was already known to ancient natural philosophers such as Aristotle (384β322 BCE), Theophrastus (β287 BCE), and Pliny the Elder (23/24β79 CE). vol. I, p. 137. However, this did not immediately lead to the isolation of alcohol, even despite the development of more ... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Nomenclature | Nomenclature |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Etymology | Etymology
The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic kohl (), a powder used as an eyeliner. The first part of the word () is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the in English. The second part of the word () has several antecedents in Semitic languages, ultimately deriving from the Akkadian (), meaning stibnite... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Systematic names | Systematic names
IUPAC nomenclature is used in scientific publications, and in writings where precise identification of the substance is important. In naming simple alcohols, the name of the alkane chain loses the terminal e and adds the suffix -ol, e.g., as in "ethanol" from the alkane chain name "ethane". When necess... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Common names | Common names
In other less formal contexts, an alcohol is often called with the name of the corresponding alkyl group followed by the word "alcohol", e.g., methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol. Propyl alcohol may be n-propyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol, depending on whether the hydroxyl group is bonded to the end or middle c... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Primary, secondary, and tertiary | Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Alcohols are then classified into primary, secondary (sec-, s-), and tertiary (tert-, t-), based upon the number of carbon atoms connected to the carbon atom that bears the hydroxyl functional group. The respective numeric shorthands 1Β°, 2Β°, and 3Β° are sometimes used in informal settin... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Examples | Examples
Type Formula IUPAC Name Common nameMonohydricalcohols Methanol Wood alcohol Ethanol Alcohol, Rubbing alcohol Propan-2-ol Isopropyl alcohol,Rubbing alcohol Butan-1-ol Butanol,Butyl alcohol Pentan-1-ol Pentanol,Amyl alcohol Hexadecan-1-ol Cetyl alcoholPolyhydricalcohols(sugaralcohols) Ethane-1,2-diol Et... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Applications | Applications
thumb|upright=0.9|Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+) per year, in litres of pure ethanol
Alcohols have a long history of myriad uses. For simple mono-alcohols, which is the focus on this article, the following are most important industrial alcohols:.
methanol, mainly for the production o... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Toxicity | Toxicity
With respect to acute toxicity, simple alcohols have low acute toxicities. Doses of several milliliters are tolerated. For pentanols, hexanols, octanols, and longer alcohols, LD50 range from 2β5 g/kg (rats, oral). Ethanol is less acutely toxic.Ethanol toxicity All alcohols are mild skin irritants.
Methanol an... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Physical properties | Physical properties
In general, the hydroxyl group makes alcohols polar. Those groups can form hydrogen bonds to one another and to most other compounds. Owing to the presence of the polar OH alcohols are more water-soluble than simple hydrocarbons. Methanol, ethanol, and propanol are miscible in water. 1-Butanol, with... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Occurrence in nature | Occurrence in nature
Alcohols occur widely in nature, as derivatives of glucose such as cellulose and hemicellulose, and in phenols and their derivatives such as lignin. Starting from biomass, 180 billion tons/y of complex carbohydrates (sugar polymers) are produced commercially (as of 2014). Many other alcohols are pe... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Production | Production |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Hydroxylation | Hydroxylation
Many alcohols are produced by hydroxylation, i.e., the installation of a hydroxy group using oxygen or a related oxidant. Hydroxylation is the means by which the body processes many poisons, converting lipophilic compounds into hydrophilic derivatives that are more readily excreted. Enzymes called hydro... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Ziegler and oxo processes | Ziegler and oxo processes
In the Ziegler process, linear alcohols are produced from ethylene and triethylaluminium followed by oxidation and hydrolysis. An idealized synthesis of 1-octanol is shown:
The process generates a range of alcohols that are separated by distillation.
Many higher alcohols are produced by hydr... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Hydration reactions | Hydration reactions
Some low molecular weight alcohols of industrial importance are produced by the addition of water to alkenes. Ethanol, isopropanol, 2-butanol, and tert-butanol are produced by this general method. Two implementations are employed, the direct and indirect methods. The direct method avoids the formati... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Fermentation | Fermentation
Ethanol is obtained by fermentation of glucose (which is often obtained from starch) in the presence of yeast. Carbon dioxide is cogenerated. Like ethanol, butanol can be produced by fermentation processes. Saccharomyces yeast are known to produce these higher alcohols at temperatures above . The bacteriu... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Substitution | Substitution
Primary alkyl halides react with aqueous NaOH or KOH to give alcohols in nucleophilic aliphatic substitution. Secondary and especially tertiary alkyl halides will give the elimination (alkene) product instead. Grignard reagents react with carbonyl groups to give secondary and tertiary alcohols. Related rea... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Reduction | Reduction
Aldehydes or ketones are reduced with sodium borohydride or lithium aluminium hydride (after an acidic workup). Another reduction using aluminium isopropoxide is the MeerweinβPonndorfβVerley reduction. Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation is the asymmetric reduction of Ξ²-keto-esters. |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Hydrolysis | Hydrolysis
Alkenes engage in an acid catalyzed hydration reaction using concentrated sulfuric acid as a catalyst that gives usually secondary or tertiary alcohols. Formation of a secondary alcohol via alkene reduction and hydration is shown:
class=skin-invert-image|frameless|upright=1.6|Preparation of a secondary alco... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Reactions | Reactions |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Deprotonation | Deprotonation
With aqueous pKa values of around 16β19, alcohols are, in general, slightly weaker acids than water. With strong bases such as sodium hydride or sodium they form salts called alkoxides, with the general formula (where R is an alkyl and M is a metal).
The acidity of alcohols is strongly affected by solva... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Nucleophilic substitution | Nucleophilic substitution
Tertiary alcohols react with hydrochloric acid to produce tertiary alkyl chloride. Primary and secondary alcohols are converted to the corresponding chlorides using thionyl chloride and various phosphorus chloride reagents.
class=skin-invert-image|frameless|upright=3.2|Some simple conversions ... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Dehydration | Dehydration
Meanwhile, the oxygen atom has lone pairs of nonbonded electrons that render it weakly basic in the presence of strong acids such as sulfuric acid. For example, with methanol:
class=skin-invert-image|frameless|upright=2.25|Acidity & basicity of methanol
Upon treatment with strong acids, alcohols undergo t... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Protonolysis | Protonolysis
Tertiary alcohols react with strong acids to generate carbocations. The reaction is related to their dehydration, e.g. isobutylene from tert-butyl alcohol. A special kind of dehydration reaction involves triphenylmethanol and especially its amine-substituted derivatives. When treated with acid, these alcoh... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Esterification | Esterification
Alcohol and carboxylic acids react in the so-called Fischer esterification. The reaction usually requires a catalyst, such as concentrated sulfuric acid:
Other types of ester are prepared in a similar mannerβfor example, tosyl (tosylate) esters are made by reaction of the alcohol with 4-toluenesulfonyl ... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Oxidation | Oxidation
Primary alcohols () can be oxidized either to aldehydes () or to carboxylic acids (). The oxidation of secondary alcohols () normally terminates at the ketone () stage. Tertiary alcohols () are resistant to oxidation.
The direct oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids normally proceeds via the cor... |
Alcohol (chemistry) | See also | See also
Beer chemistry
Enol
Ethanol fuel
Fatty alcohol
Index of alcohol-related articles
List of alcohols
Lucas test
Polyol
Rubbing alcohol
Sugar alcohol
Transesterification
Wine chemistry |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Notes | Notes |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Citations | Citations |
Alcohol (chemistry) | General references | General references
Category:Antiseptics
Category:Functional groups
Category:Organic chemistry
Category:Addiction |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Table of Content | Short description, History, Nomenclature, Etymology, Systematic names, Common names, Primary, secondary, and tertiary, Examples, Applications, Toxicity, Physical properties, Occurrence in nature, Production, Hydroxylation, Ziegler and oxo processes, Hydration reactions, Fermentation, Substitution, Reduction, Hydrolysis... |
Achill Island | Short description | Achill Island (; ) is an island off the west coast of Ireland in the historical barony of Burrishoole, County Mayo. It is the largest of the Irish isles and has an area of approximately . Achill had a population of 2,345 in the 2022 census. The island, which has been connected to the mainland by a bridge since 1887, is... |
Achill Island | History | History
It is believed that at the end of the Neolithic Period (around 4000 BC), Achill had a population of 500β1,000 people. The island was mostly forest until the Neolithic people began crop cultivation. Settlement increased during the Iron Age, and the dispersal of small promontory forts around the coast indicates t... |
Achill Island | Overlords | Overlords
Achill Island lies in the historical barony of Burrishoole, in the territory of ancient Umhall (Umhall Uactarach and Umhall Ioctarach), that originally encompassed an area extending from the County Galway/Mayo border to Achill Head.
The hereditary chieftains of Umhall were the O'Malleys, recorded in the area... |
Achill Island | Immigration | Immigration
In the 17th and 18th centuries, there was migration to Achill from other parts of Ireland, including from Ulster, due to the political and religious turmoil of the time. For a period, there were two different dialects of Irish being spoken on Achill. This led to several townlands being recorded as having tw... |
Achill Island | Specific historical sites and events | Specific historical sites and events |
Achill Island | Grace O'Malley's Castle | Grace O'Malley's Castle
Carrickkildavnet Castle is a 15th-century tower house associated with the O'Malley Clan, who were once a ruling family of Achill. Grace O' Malley, or Granuaile, the most famous of the O'Malleys, was born on Clare Island around 1530. Her father was the chieftain of the barony of Murrisk. The O'Ma... |
Achill Island | Achill Mission | Achill Mission
thumbnail|left|View of the "Colony", prior to 1900
The Achill Mission, also known as 'the Colony' at Dugort, was founded in 1831 by the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Rev Edward Nangle. The mission included schools, cottages, an orphanage, an infirmary and a guesthouse.
The Colony gave rise to mixed asses... |
Achill Island | Railway | Railway
In 1894, the Westport β Newport railway line was extended to Achill Sound. The railway station is now a hostel. The train provided a great service to Achill, but it also is said to have fulfilled an ancient prophecy. Brian Rua O' Cearbhain had prophesied that 'carts on iron wheels' would carry bodies into Achil... |
Achill Island | Kildamhnait | Kildamhnait
Kildamhnait on the south-east coast of Achill is named after St. Damhnait, or Dymphna, who founded a church there in the 7th century. There is also a holy well just outside the graveyard. The present church was built in the 1700s and the graveyard contains memorials to the victims of two of Achill's greates... |
Achill Island | The Monastery | The Monastery
In 1852, John MacHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, purchased land in Bunnacurry, on which a Franciscan Monastery was established, which, for many years, provided an education for local children. The building of the monastery was marked by a conflict between the Protestants of the mission colony and... |
Achill Island | Valley House | Valley House
The historic Valley House is located in Tonatanvally, "The Valley", near Dugort, in the northeast of Achill Island. The present building sits on the site of a hunting lodge built by the Earl of Cavan in the 19th century. Its notoriety arises from an incident in 1894 in which the then owner, an Englishwoman... |
Achill Island | Deserted Village | Deserted Village
Close to Dugort, at the base of Slievemore mountain lies the Deserted Village. There are approximately 80 ruined houses in the village. The houses were built of unmortared stone. Each house consisted of just one room. In the area surrounding the Deserted Village, including on the mountain slopes, there... |
Achill Island | Archaeology | Archaeology
thumb|The "Deserted Village" at the foot of Slievemore was a 'booley' village (see transhumance).
In 2009, a summer field school excavated Round House 2 on Slievemore Mountain under the direction of archaeologist Stuart Rathbone. Only the outside north wall, entrance way and inside of the Round House were ... |
Achill Island | Other places of interest | Other places of interest
thumb|Keem Bay
thumb|Croaghaun, the third highest sea cliff in Europe
thumb|Slievemore mountain dominates the centre of the island
thumb|CaisleΓ‘n GhrΓ‘inne, also known as Kildownet Castle
The cliffs of Croaghaun on the western end of the island are the third highest sea cliffs in Europe but are... |
Achill Island | Economy and tourism | Economy and tourism
While a number of attempts at setting up small industrial units on the island have been made, its economy is largely dependent on tourism. Subventions from Achill people working abroad allowed a number of families to remain living in Achill throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In the past, fishin... |
Achill Island | Religion | Religion
Most people on Achill are either Roman Catholic or Anglican (Church of Ireland).
Catholic churches on the island include: Bunnacurry Church (Saint Josephs), The Valley Church (only open for certain events), Pollagh Church, Dooega Church and Achill Sound Church.
There is a Church of Ireland church (St. Thoma... |
Achill Island | Artists | Artists
For almost two centuries, a number of artists have had a close relationship with Achill Island, including the landscape painter Paul Henry. Within the emerging Irish Free State, Paul Henry's landscapes from Achill and other areas reinforced a vision of Ireland of communities living in harmony with the land. H... |
Achill Island | Education | Education
Hedge schools existed in most villages of Achill in various periods of history. A university was started by the missions to Achill in Mweelin.
At the turn of the 21st century there were two secondary schools in Achill: Mc Hale College and Scoil Damhnait. These two schools amalgamated, in 2011, to form ColΓ‘is... |
Achill Island | Transport | Transport
thumb|As of the early 20th century, a railway station operated on Achill. |
Achill Island | Rail | Rail
Achill railway station, still on the mainland and not on the island, was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 13 May 1895, the terminus of its line from Westport via Newport and Mulranny. The station, and the line, were closed by the Great Southern Railways on 1 October 1937. The Great Western Greenway, ... |
Achill Island | Road | Road
The R319 road is the main road onto the island.
Bus Γireann's route 450 operates several times daily to Westport and Louisburgh from the island. Bus Γireann also provides transport for the area's secondary school children. |
Achill Island | Sport | Sport
Achill has a Gaelic football club which competes in the junior championship and division 1E of the Mayo League. There are also Achill Rovers which play in the Mayo Association Football League.
There is a 9-hole links golf course on the island. Outdoor activities can be done through Achill Outdoor Education Centr... |
Achill Island | Demographics | Demographics
In 2016, the population was 2,594, with 5.2% claiming they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. The island's population has declined from around 6,000 before the Great Famine of the mid-19th century.
The table below reports data on Achill Island's population taken from Discover the ... |
Achill Island | Notable people | Notable people
Heinrich BΓΆll, German writer who spent several summers with his family and later lived several months per year on the island
Charles Boycott (1832β1897), unpopular landowner from whom the term boycott arose
Nancy Corrigan, pioneer aviator, second female commercial pilot in the US.
Dermot Freyer (188... |
Achill Island | In popular culture | In popular culture
The island is featured throughout the film The Banshees of Inisherin in various locations on the island including Keem Bay, Cloughmore, and Purteen Pier.
The island is also the primary setting of the visual novel If Found.... |
Achill Island | Further reading | Further reading
Heinrich BΓΆll: Irisches Tagebuch, Berlin, 1957
Bob Kingston The Deserted Village at Slievemore, Castlebar, 1990
Theresa McDonald: Achill: 5000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: Archeology History Folklore, I.A.S. Publications [1992]
Rosa Meehan: The Story of Mayo, Castlebar, 2003
James Carney: The Playboy & the Yellow... |