Joyce Country

{{Short description|Cultural region in the west of Ireland}}

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Joyce Country ({{langx|ga|Dúiche Sheoighe}}) is a cultural region in counties Galway and Mayo in Ireland. It is sometimes called Partry, after the former tribal territory of the Partraige, which it largely matches.{{Cite web|url=http://notesfromtheninthcircle.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-early-irish-church-and-iar-connacht_29.html|title=Notes from the Ninth Circle: The Early Irish Church and Iar Connacht|last=Hamilton|first=Chuck|date=2013-11-29|website=Notes from the Ninth Circle|access-date=2019-02-20}} Part of it falls within the Connacht Gaeltacht. Joyce Country lies on the shores of Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, and includes the Partry Mountains. It is a rural area that includes small settlements such as Clonbur, Cong, Cornamona and Toormakeady. It borders Connemara, to its south and west.