Heritage Sites in Mayo

K,

You might consider Croagh Patrick, near Westport and Ballintubber Abbey, near Ballinrobe as a start.

If you Google them it will give you some information of their history.

Regards,

K,

This website might be useful.

Museums of Mayo Network, County Mayo, Ireland · museumsofmayo.com

When I visited Mayo, Knock Shrine and Hennigan Heritage Center were recommended.

Ireland’s International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine | Knock Shrine

Do you have any info on Ann Griffin including birth, death, marriage (to whom, where, when), did she leave Mayo (when/ where)?

Regards- Mary

Highly recommend a visit to the Mullet Peninsula and its Blacksod Memorial Garden, which commemorates the Blacksod emigration scheme. And don't miss beautiful Achill Island.

Thank you all so much, I will check out your suggestions.

Someone asked about my Annie Griffin. She is a mystery only her death certificate here in the States says Co. Mayo birthplace and I have DNA matches from Mayo also.

She is very elusive here for many years, I have no parents or siblings names, so it is hard to try to look in Ireland. I have found a Ann Griffin baptized in Balla, Tuam, Mayo father named Martin Griffin. Birthdate May of 1841. This is close to what she says here in U.S. She married a John Patrick aka John or Patrick Hughes but I don't know if it was in Ireland or States. I've searched passenger lists for both names and can't pinpoint one. She had two children supposedly in New Orleans, no records there either. As I said a mystery, but I thought I wanted to learn more about life in Mayo regardless.

p.s. I think I need to read all of the records of Balla to see if the Ann Griffin baptized, married there or died or if she disappears (emigrated)??