Cregganbaun

Cregganbaun An Creagán Bán
—  Town  —
Cregganbaun Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°42′00″N 9°48′27″W / 53.7000°N 9.8075°W / 53.7000; -9.8075Coordinates: 53°42′00″N 9°48′27″W / 53.7000°N 9.8075°W / 53.7000; -9.8075
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	L806737

Cregganbaun (Irish: An Creagán Bán) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland.

Geology

In 2007 there were reports of a proposal by a company called Mayo’s Gold to open a niche tourism gold mine in Cregganbaun, and an interpretative visitor centre in Louisburgh. This re-ignited a 20 years controversy when several mining companies attempted to open commercial quantity gold mines on the side of Croagh Patrick and in the Cregganbaun/Doolough region. The principal idea was to develop a national tourism product based around a show mine, producing a small amount of gold and not a commercial mining venture^[1].

Education

Cregganbaun National School is now disused and local children travel to modern schools at Killeen or Louisburgh^[2].

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^ "No mining Croagh Patrick". The Mayo News (6 November 2007). http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2704&Itemid=38. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
2. ^ "Cregganbaun School". Geograph. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/237682. Retrieved 7 March 2009.