placenamesPollagh
An Pollach
Poetry and the Gaelic cultural movement give Pollagh a distinct place in Achill’s literary history.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Pollach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Pollagh · English · main form
Place & story
Anne Kelly’s poetry
Poet Anne Kelly was born in Pollagh in 1939. The Achill Literary Heritage Trail records three collections: A Homecoming, Dream Journey and A New Tomorrow. The latter two appeared in 2001 and 2002. The trail also records that proceeds supported St Colman’s Nursing Home on Achill, Our Lady’s Hospice in Dublin and L’Arche. [2]
Darrell Figgis at Pollagh
Scoil Acla’s 2025 programme recalls Darrell Figgis’s move from London to Pollagh by 1914, after an initial Achill visit in 1912. He built a cottage called Mulac na gCreghan and joined the school’s cultural work, learning Irish, giving lectures and directing plays. His activities connected Pollagh with the wider Gaelic Revival on the island. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Achill
- Within
- Slievemore
- Coordinates
- 0.00000, 0.00000
- Logainm ID
- 1417925 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Pollagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Achill Literary Heritage Trail, Stop 14: Pollagh · Achill Literary Heritage Trail
- Scoil Acla Summer School Programme 2025, page 10: Darrell Figgis · Scoil Acla
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.