Errew

Errew (Irish: An tOireamh)^[1] is a small rural settlement, about 8 km south from the county town of Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.

CountryIreland

Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)

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Errew An tOireamh
Village
Knox's Folly in Errew, now restored as apartments
Errew Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°47′42″N 9°15′54″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

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The history of Errew follows the Franciscan monastery which was established in 1879 as a boys school which closed in 1975, the church in the monastery remained open until 1981. There are 22 Brothers buried in the Monastery cemetery.^[2]

Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín, Bishop of Cork (died 1172), is noted in the Annals of the Four Masters as "of the family of Errew of Lough Con."

Errew has a national school, and as well as a number of archaeological sites, such as forts, souterrains and fairy forts.^{[citation needed]}