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The Colony Tour

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Explore the history of Achill Island on the Colony Tour in Doogort, County Mayo, a two-hour gentle walk through the ruins of the Achill Mission with BAFTA-winning writer Kevin Toolis. Discover how Edward Nangle’s arrival in 1831 sparked fifty years of conflict marked by bibles, guns, famine and starvation, as he clashed with the local Catholic community and Archbishop John MacHale in the struggle for Ireland’s destiny.