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Fallmore (Irish: An Fál Mór, also known as Faulmore) is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Ireland. Situated in the southern part of the Mullet Peninsula within the barony of Erris, Fallmore townland spans approximately 704 acres (2.84 km2) and, as of 2011, had a population of 75 people. Fallmore townland also encompasses the village of Blacksod.
The townland contains medieval settlement such as at Saint Dairbhile's Church, a National Monument, dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries. The structure contains polygonal masonry, and excavations have uncovered foundations of older parts of the church.
The church was named after the anchoress Dairbhile (575–600) who resided here. Tradition holds that Saint Dairbhile is buried at the site of the church.
The church is placed on a knoll overlooking a sandy beach and an contains an old, densely populated cemetery. Legend has it that passing through the window three times ensures safety from drowning. The current ruins likely date back to the twelfth century, possibly replacing or integrating an earlier building. The nearby Saint Dairbhile's Well, is a holy well, with a pilgrimage taking place annually on August 15. The waters of the well are said to be a cure for eye problems.
Tom Yager conducted numerous studies on the rundale system of tenancy in Fallmore, noting that in the early nineteenth century, Erris communities commonly practiced communal land ownership in the form of Rundale, redistributing plots periodically. The community, he found, followed a common crop rotation plan, alternating between grain and potatoes. In an 1836 book, Patrick Knight, the engineer who planned and supervised the construction of Belmullet for William Carter, one of Erris's two principal landlords, describes a three-year rotation. However, Knight mentions only two crops, so, Yager suggests, a third field lay fallow, gathering strength for the next year's crop.
In the mid 19th century, the landscape of Fallmore consisted of larger, open fields owned collectively by the entire village, interspersed with unclearly defined individual plots for families. In contrast, today's Fallmore features mostly smaller, privately owned fields separated by clear boundaries like earthen walls or barbed wire fences. The tradition of the communal pasture persisted until the beginning of the 1980s, at which point the Land Commission partitioned a large proportion of the agricultural land in the village into separate parcels. However, much of Fallmore is still managed as unfenced commonage and is in better ecological condition than the other sections which has been fenced and used more intensively.
Fallmore was host to a notable instance of post-Famine clearance, documented through the actions of clergyman William Palmer in 1857. Purchasing the neighbouring townlands of Termon and Fallmore, Palmer initiated a process of reorganising the land, from Rundale into a more efficient system, through striping, resettlement and eviction.
Records from valuation documents indicate a plan to clear the land by the following year, with subsequent entries detailing the eviction proceedings. Despite the eviction, many individuals remained, constructing makeshift shelters, absent from taxation records due to their impermanence. An account by correspondent Henry Coulter in January 1862 described the conditions observed:
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Fallmore
Fallmore (Irish: An Fál Mór, also known as Faulmore) is a Gaeltacht village and townland in County Mayo, Ireland. Situated in the southern part of the Mullet Peninsula within the barony of Erris, Fallmore townland spans approximately 704 acres (2.84 km2) and, as of 2011, had a population of 75 people. Fallmore townland also encompasses the village of Blacksod.
The townland contains medieval settlement such as at Saint Dairbhile's Church, a National Monument, dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries. The structure contains polygonal masonry, and excavations have uncovered foundations of older parts of the church.
The church was named after the anchoress Dairbhile (575–600) who resided here. Tradition holds that Saint Dairbhile is buried at the site of the church.
The church is placed on a knoll overlooking a sandy beach and an contains an old, densely populated cemetery. Legend has it that passing through the window three times ensures safety from drowning. The current ruins likely date back to the twelfth century, possibly replacing or integrating an earlier building. The nearby Saint Dairbhile's Well, is a holy well, with a pilgrimage taking place annually on August 15. The waters of the well are said to be a cure for eye problems.
Tom Yager conducted numerous studies on the rundale system of tenancy in Fallmore, noting that in the early nineteenth century, Erris communities commonly practiced communal land ownership in the form of Rundale, redistributing plots periodically. The community, he found, followed a common crop rotation plan, alternating between grain and potatoes. In an 1836 book, Patrick Knight, the engineer who planned and supervised the construction of Belmullet for William Carter, one of Erris's two principal landlords, describes a three-year rotation. However, Knight mentions only two crops, so, Yager suggests, a third field lay fallow, gathering strength for the next year's crop.
In the mid 19th century, the landscape of Fallmore consisted of larger, open fields owned collectively by the entire village, interspersed with unclearly defined individual plots for families. In contrast, today's Fallmore features mostly smaller, privately owned fields separated by clear boundaries like earthen walls or barbed wire fences. The tradition of the communal pasture persisted until the beginning of the 1980s, at which point the Land Commission partitioned a large proportion of the agricultural land in the village into separate parcels. However, much of Fallmore is still managed as unfenced commonage and is in better ecological condition than the other sections which has been fenced and used more intensively.
Fallmore was host to a notable instance of post-Famine clearance, documented through the actions of clergyman William Palmer in 1857. Purchasing the neighbouring townlands of Termon and Fallmore, Palmer initiated a process of reorganising the land, from Rundale into a more efficient system, through striping, resettlement and eviction.
Records from valuation documents indicate a plan to clear the land by the following year, with subsequent entries detailing the eviction proceedings. Despite the eviction, many individuals remained, constructing makeshift shelters, absent from taxation records due to their impermanence. An account by correspondent Henry Coulter in January 1862 described the conditions observed:
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