Delphi
Delphi is a locality in County Mayo, Ireland. Its English name was coined by the Marquis of Sligo, who built a hunting lodge there It is located on the Owengar River that connects Fin Lough to Doo Lough, between the fjord of Killary Harbour to the south and the Sheeffry Hills to the north, in a valley surrounded by the Mweelrea Mountains and the neighbouring peaks of Ben Creggan and Ben Gorm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: settlement in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
- Also known as: “Delphi, County Mayo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Gorm and Barrclashcame.
Ben Gorm
Peak
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ben Gorm is a mountain with a height of 700 metres on the north side of Killary Harbour in County Mayo, Ireland. The Ben Gorm mountains also includes two other peaks: Ben Creggan/Binn an Charragáin, and Maul Laur/Meall Láir or Ben Creggan South Top.
Barrclashcame
Peak
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrclashcame is a mountain with a height of 772 metres in the Sheeffry Hills of County Mayo, Ireland. Barrclashcame is situated 3½ km north of Delphi.
Ben Lugmore
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ben Lugmore at 803 metres is the 29th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 37th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. It is in a horseshoe-shaped massif that includes the slightly higher peak of Mweelrea at 814 metres, the highest mountain in the Irish province of Connacht. Ben Lugmore is situated 3½ km west of Delphi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leenane.
Leenane
Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.
Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Delphi
- Category: human settlement
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.63141° or 53° 37′ 53″ northLongitude
-9.74543° or 9° 44′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C5GJ7J3+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 2508105220OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5254393
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Delphi” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Delphi”
- Dutch: “Delphi”
- Irish: “Delphi”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fin Lough and Dephi Resort.
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