Acaill

Achill Island has been settled since the Neolithic period around 4000 BC, when it supported an early farming population who cleared forests for agriculture. The island's name appears in historical records from at least AD 814, when the O'Malleys, hereditary chieftains of Umhall, are documented repelling Viking incursions on Clew Bay. The etymology of Acaill remains uncertain — one 1838 source r...