Houses being built at Sheean (2008)

Sheean (Irish: An Sián (Síodhán meaning "a fairy mound")) is a townland in the parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, electoral district of Clogher, in County Mayo, Ireland.[1] It has an area of 0.6 square miles (382 acres, 154 hectares) and borders the townlands of (clockwise from the north) Cogaula, Doon, Dooncastle, Derrygorman, Drummindoo, and Carrownaclea.[2] The eponymous settlement is located on a hill.

Sheean is located on the N5 road east of Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Four parishes meet at Sheean – Aughagower, Islandeady, Kilmeena and Westport. There is also a tumulus in Sheean.[3]

Together with several other townlands Sheean forms an exclave of the parish of Islandeady, separated from the larger part by the territory of the parishes of Aghagower and Kilmaclasser.[4]

References

  1. "An Sián/Sheean". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. "Sheean Townland, Co. Mayo". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. Christiaan Corlett (1998). "The Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo". The Journal of Irish Archaeology. 9: 9–26. JSTOR 30001690.
  4. Map on "Civil Parish of Islandeady, Co. Mayo". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

53°48′32″N 9°28′05″W / 53.809°N 9.468°W / 53.809; -9.468

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