page_title: Carra, County Mayo
section_title: Moore Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Carra, County Mayo / Places of interest / Moore Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Country Life Museum. A dramatic juxtaposition of the new and the traditional at the Country Life Museum, Turlough near Castlebar
context_page_description: Carra is one of the nine baronies of County Mayo in Ireland, located in the mid-south area of the county. It is sometimes known as Burriscarra. It incorporates the town of Castlebar, the villages of Tourmakeady, Belcarra and Turlough, where the National Museum of Country Life is situated.
  Cara covers an area from approximately Pontoon and Beltra Lough at its northern end to Partry near Ballinrobe and Tourmakeady at its southern end.
context_section_description: Moore Hall, the home place of George Henry Moore and his family from 1795 until 1923 is situated in this Barony. There were many prominent Moores born in Moore Hall including Maurice George Moore and George Moore (novelist).  The house, situated above the shores of Lough Carra was burnt in the troubles of 1923 by the IRA.
  The house is not open to the public never having been refurbished since it was destroyed but the estate, owned by Coillte now, is a very pleasant place for walkers, overlooking Lough Carra.
caption: The National Museum of Country Life in just outside Castlebar at Turlough.
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