Mayo, County Mayo

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Mayo Maigh Eo
Village
Mayo Abbey in December 2010
Mayo Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°45′44″N 9°07′12″W / 53.7622°N 9.1200°W / 53.7622; -9.1200
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	M262796

Mayo or Mayo Abbey (Irish: Maigh Eo, meaning 'plain of the yew trees')^[1] is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. Although it bears the same name as the county, it is not the county seat, which is Castlebar. Mayo Abbey is a small historic village in south Mayo approximately 16 km to the south of Castlebar and 10 km north west of Claremorris. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.^[1]