Qualla: Inver, County Mayo https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/u/inver-county-mayo-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Inver, County Mayo https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo Inver, County Mayo: Introduction https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo/ Photo credit CeltBrowne, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1648, in a small village called Falrua within the townland of Inver, a child was born who would grow into one of the great prophet-figures of Erris folklore. Brian Rua U'Cearbhain spoke visions of the future that locals would still be repeating four centuries later: predictions about railways, about black-bellied bees, about strangers from distant lands. His birthplace sits on the shore of Broadhaven Bay, in a Gaeltacht village of 114 people where Irish remains the daily language and the castle that gives the area its texture has been a ruin for centuries.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/u/inver-county-mayo-wp/gc8u-inver-county-mayo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Inver, County Mayo: Houses Along a River https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo/ Photo credit CeltBrowne, CC BY-SA 4.0. When the cartographer William Bald mapped this coastline in 1812, he showed the houses of Inver strung along a river that flowed into Broadhaven Bay. That arrangement has loosened over the two centuries since; people now live in places like Caoldubh as well as the older village c...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/u/inver-county-mayo-wp/gc8u-inver-county-mayo-houses-along-a-river.mp3 0:06 2 full Inver, County Mayo: The Castle That Changed Hands https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo/ Photo credit CeltBrowne, CC BY-SA 4.0. Inver Castle stood here once, listed in the Irish state's Record of Monuments and Places. It belonged to the Clan Barrett, a Norman-Irish family whose presence in this corner of Mayo lasted for centuries. The Barretts revolted at some point in the disturbed politics of the sevent...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/u/inver-county-mayo-wp/gc8u-inver-county-mayo-the-castle-that-changed-hands.mp3 0:06 3 full Inver, County Mayo: The Prophet of Erris https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo/ Photo credit CeltBrowne, CC BY-SA 4.0. Brian Rua U'Cearbhain was born here in 1648 and became one of the most famous Irish-language prophets of the western seaboard. His prophecies, passed down orally and partially collected by later folklorists, ranged from foretelling the coming of railways to predictions about stra...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/u/inver-county-mayo-wp/gc8u-inver-county-mayo-the-prophet-of-erris.mp3 0:06 4 full Inver, County Mayo: A Jewel in the Church https://qualla.com/inver-county-mayo/ Photo credit CeltBrowne, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Catholic church in Inver, dedicated to Saint Patrick, contains a stained glass window described by architectural inventories as 'jewel-like' and attributed to Earley Studios Limited in Dublin. Earley and Company, founded in the nineteenth century, produced stained glass for h...

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