Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland. "Baron" was also a title in the Peerage of Ireland. Such barons had no connection to any geographic barony Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The main town is Belmullet. Belmullet, (official name Béal an Mhuirthead) is a market Town with a population of around 2000 lying on The Mullet Peninsula in the barony While officially most of Erris is a Gaeltacht area, in reality Irish is spoken in isolated pockets only. ga '''Gaeltacht''' ( plural ga ''Gaeltachtaí'' is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish.
In the past few years, the decision by the Irish government and the multinational Royal Dutch Shell to build a refinery and experimental raw gas pipeline in the north of the barony has generated vehement opposition from many in communities in the north of the barony, and protests by the Shell to Sea campaign have been ongoing for over two years. The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, Shell to Sea (in Irish, Shell chun Sáile) is a campaign based in County Mayo, Ireland which opposed the proposed construction of a high-pressure