Erris

Erris

Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland. The main town is Belmullet. While officially most of Erris is a Gaeltacht area, in reality Irish is spoken in isolated pockets only.

In the past few years, the decision by the Irish government and the multinational Royal Dutch Shell to build a refinery and gas pipeline in the north of the barony has generated some opposition from people in communities in the north of the barony, and protests by the Shell to Sea campaign have been ongoing for over two years.


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