in Ireland to improve the welfare of the inhabitants of small villages and towns. Most of the homes in Achill at the time were very small and tightly packed together in villages. The CDB subsidised the building of new, more spacious (though still small by modern standards) homes outside of the traditional villages. Notable people Heinrich Böll, German writer who spent several summers with his family and later lived several months per year on the island Charles Boycott (1832–1897), unpopular landowner from whom the term boycott arose Nancy Corrigan, pioneer aviator, second female commercial pilot in the US. Dermot Freyer (1883–1970), writer who opened a hotel on the island Paul Henry, artist, stayed on the island for a number of years in the early 1900s James Kilbane, singer, lives on the island Johnny Kilbane, boxer Saoirse McHugh, former Green Party politician Danny McNamara, musician Richard McNamara, musician Eva O’Flaherty, Nationalist, model and milliner Thomas Patten, from Dooega. Died during the Siege of Madrid in December 1936 Honor Tracy, author, lived there until her death in 1989 Literature Heinrich Böll: Irisches Tagebuch, Berlin, 1957 Bob Kingston The Deserted Village at Slievemore, Castlebar, 1990 Theresa McDonald: Achill: 5000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: Archeology History Folklore, I.A.S. Publications [1992] Rosa Meehan: The Story of Mayo, Castlebar, 2003 James Carney: The Playboy & the Yellow lady, 1986 Poolbeg Hugo Hamilton: The Island of Talking, 2007 Kevin Barry: Beatlebone, 2015 Mealla Nī Ghiobúin: Dugort, Achill Island 1831–1861: The Rise and Fall of a Missionary Community, 2001 Patricia Byrne: The Veiled Woman of Achill – Island Outrage & A Playboy Drama, 2012 Mary J. Murphy: Achill's Eva O'Flaherty – Forgotten Island Heroine, 2011 Patricia Byrne: The Preacher and The Prelate – The Achill Mission Colony and The Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland, 2018 Mary J. Murphy, Achill Painters -An Island History, 2020 Michael Gallagher, Stick on Stone, 2013 Popular Culture The island is featured throughout the film The Banshees of Inisherin in various locations on the island including Keem Bay, Cloughmore, and Purteen Pier. The island is the primary setting of the visual novel If Found.... See also Achillbeg Innisbiggle List of islands of County Mayo References External links Colaiste Pobail Acla students project on the Achill area Achill Island Maritime Archaeology Project VisitAchill multilingual visitor's site Islands of County Mayo Gaeltacht places in County Mayo