Region · Co. Mayo
The Mullet — the large promontory of the barony of Erris, connected to the mainland at Belmullet by a narrow isthmus, with Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven Bay around its doglegged shape and Erris Head at its northern tip.
The Mullet Peninsula (Leithinis an Mhuirthead in Irish) — also known as the Mullet (an Mhuirthead) and sometimes as the Erris Peninsula — is a peninsula in the barony of Erris in County Mayo, Ireland. As of 2016 it has a population of 3,963. It consists of a large promontory connected to the mainland at Belmullet (Béal an Mhuirthead), a town of about 1,000 inhabitants, by a narrow isthmus. There are several villages on the Mullet peninsula including Aughleam, Elly, Corclough and Binghamstown.
The peninsula is about 33 km long and ranges from 200 metres to 12 km wide, and its northernmost point is Erris Head. The doglegged shape of the Mullet forms two bays — Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven Bay — one on each side of the bend, which is the thing the peninsula is: two bays in one drive, with the Atlantic open on the north and the villages tucked into the shelter of the bays. The isthmus at Belmullet is the narrow place where the Mullet meets the mainland, and the walk through the town is the walk that crosses it.
The Mullet Peninsula is part of the Mayo Gaeltacht, meaning that Irish is a relatively common language: according to the 2016 census about 8% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system, and the sign on the gate says so. The peninsula is the western end of the barony of Erris, and the country around it — the bays, the headlands and the villages — is the country that makes the Mullet work.
The Mullet is a drive from Westport and Belmullet, and the two bays are the days out: Blacksod on the north, Broadhaven on the east. The villages (Aughleam, Elly, Corclough, Binghamstown) are the bases, and the light on the bays is best before the weather moves in.
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Belmullet is the gate; the villages put the two bays and the Atlantic all within a short drive.
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