Strade

Straide An tSráid
Village
Roman Catholic church, Straide
Straide Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°55′16″N 9°07′52″W / 53.921°N 9.131°WCoordinates: 53°55′16″N 9°07′52″W / 53.921°N 9.131°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	570
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	M255969

Straide (Irish: An tSráid), or Strade,^[2] is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is located on the N58 national secondary road between Foxford and Castlebar. The name Strade is an anglicisation of the Irish words an tsráid, meaning the street.

Straide Abbey has some interesting carved reliefs on its ruined walls.

George Moore (1727-1799), who founded the famous Moore Hall estate at Lough Carra, came from Ashbrook House near Strade.

A museum in the village records the story of Michael Davitt who was born in Strade, and how he and Charles Stewart Parnell formed the Land League at the end of the nineteenth century to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land on which they worked.^[3]

Pictures

Pictures of Strade Friary, and Michael Davitt
Sculptured tomb  Relief  Sculptured tomb panels  North transept window  Pelican  Eagle and snake  Michael Davitt

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
2. "An tSráid / Strade". Government of Ireland. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
3. "Michael Davitt Museum". Museums & Archive. The Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 November 2011.