Conn

Lough Conn is a broad freshwater lake in Mayo, connected southward to Lough Cullin and the River Moy. Hills rise above its shores, while a narrow peninsula extends into the water from the west. There stood Errew Abbey, a small Augustinian house with a church and living quarters. The community received a modest annual grant from lands at Ballymoy in the fifteenth century; an inquiry in 1584 valued its possessions after the dissolution of the monasteries. The lake and its shore thus sheltered a religious community as well as fishing grounds.