Mullet Peninsula
The Mullet Peninsula —also known as the Mullet and sometimes as the Erris Peninsula—is a peninsula in the barony of Erris in County Mayo, Ireland. As of 2016 it has a population of 3963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in County Mayo, Ireland
- Also known as: “An Muirthead”, “Erris Peninsula”, “Mullet”, and “Mullet Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cross Lough and Belmullet Aerodrome.
Cross Lough
Lake
Photo: Comhar, Public domain.
Cross Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in northwest County Mayo on the Mullet Peninsula.
Belmullet Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Belmullet Aerodrome is located 2 nautical miles west of Belmullet, a town in County Mayo, Ireland. The aerodrome, licensed by the Aeronautical Services Department of the Irish Aviation Authority, is located at an elevation of 150 feet above mean sea level. Belmullet Aerodrome is situated 3 km northeast of Mullet Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Binghamstown and Belmullet.
Binghamstown
Village
Binghamstown is a townland and village in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the R313 regional road on the Mullet Peninsula, near the town of Belmullet. The townland of Binghamstown has an area of approximately 3 square kilometres, and had a population of 106 people as of the 2011 census.
Belmullet
Town
Photo: Bugfingers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of 1,019 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the commercial and cultural heart of the barony of Erris, which has a population of almost 10,000. Belmullet is situated 5 km northeast of Mullet Peninsula.
Aghleam
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Eachléim, anglicized as Aughleam or Aghleam, is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, on the R313 regional road. Aghleam is situated 10 km south of Mullet Peninsula.
Mullet Peninsula
- Categories: Gaeltacht and landform
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Mullet Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Mullet Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mullet penintsula”
- Breton: “An Muirthead”
- Cebuano: “Mullet Peninsula”
- Chinese: “烏魚半島”
- French: “péninsule de Mullet”
- French: “Péninsule de Mullet”
- German: “An Muirthead”
- German: “Mullet-Halbinsel”
- Irish: “An Muirthead”
- Irish: “Leithinis an Mhuirthead”
- Italian: “Penisola di Mullet”
- Japanese: “マレット半島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mullethalvøya”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Muirthead”
- Swedish: “Mullet Peninsula”
- Turkish: “Mullet Peninsula”
- “An Muirthead”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ballymacsherron and Rinanagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belderra Strand and Ardmore Lough.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mullet Peninsula”. Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.