Pontoon, County Mayo
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Village in Connacht, Ireland
Pontoon
Pontún | |
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Village | |
| Healy's Hotel in Pontoon on the banks of Lough Cullin Healy's Hotel in Pontoon on the banks of Lough Cullin | |
Pontoon is located in Ireland Pontoon Pontoon Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°58′25′′N 9°12′42′′W / 53.9736°N 9.2117°W / 53.9736; -9.2117 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G205033 |
Pontoon (Irish: Pontún)[1] is a lakeside village on the R310 regional road in County Mayo in Ireland, situated between Lough Conn and Lough Cullin, and near the town of Foxford.
The dance hall in Pontoon attracted large numbers of people to its week-end dances from a large catchment area.[citation needed ]
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Pontoon Bridge on the R310
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Pontún/Pontoon". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Pontoon, County Mayo at Wikimedia Commons
