Bellacorick

Bellacorick or Bellacoric (Irish: Béal Átha Chomhraic, meaning 'ford mouth of the confluence') is a townland in County Mayo in Ireland.

It is in the Electoral Division of Glenco, in Civil Parish of Kilcommon, in the Barony of Erris, in the County of Mayo.

Bellacorick borders the following other townlands: Killsallagh to the west; Moneynierin to the east; Muingaghel to the south; Srahnakilly to the north.

The Erris prophet Brian Rua U'Cearbhain referred to the then unbuilt bridge at Bellacorick in the 17th century.

[2][3] The spring of 1920, the RIC police station was captured and burned by a group of IRA volunteers from Crossmolina.

The ESB acquired five and a half acres, two hundred metres from the bridge as the site for the power station.

Even those who would have been opposed to the fossil-fuel burning power station on environmental and greenhouse gas grounds were sad to see the chimney demolished as it had become a well-known landmark for those returning home to Erris.

The ground is flat with an open aspect to the prevailing winds, resulting in virtually no loss or turbulence due to topographical features.

The Bellacorick wind farm is owned and operated by Renewable Energy Ireland whose major shareholder is Bord na Mona.