Settlement Type: | Village |
Knockmore | |
Native Name: | Irish: An Cnoc Mór |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.0238°N -9.1747°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Connacht |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Mayo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Knockmore [1] is a village in County Mayo, Ireland in the Parish of Backs.[2] It is adjacent to Lough Conn between the towns of Castlebar and Ballina.
The local Gaelic football, Knockmore GAA,[3] has won 9 Mayo Senior Football Championships, three Connacht Senior Club Football Championships, and in 1997 they reached the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final, losing out to Crossmaglen Rangers.