page_title: Erris
section_title: Corrib gas field
hierarchical_section_title: Erris / Natural resources / Corrib gas field
caption_attribution_description: English: Elly Bay. A windswept anchorage in the lee of the flat Belmullet peninsula. Français&#160;: Elly Bay.Un ancrage balayé par les vents, à l'abri de la plate péninsule de Belmullet.
context_page_description: Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over 230,452 acres, much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name Erris derives from the Irish 'Iar Ros' meaning 'western promontory'. The full name is the Iorrais Domnann, after the Fir Bolg tribe, the Fir Domnann. To its north is the wild Atlantic Ocean and the bays of Broadhaven and Sruth Fada Conn and to its west is Blacksod Bay. Its main promontories are the Doohoma Peninsula, Mullet Peninsula, Erris Head, the Dún Chiortáin and Dún Chaocháin peninsulas and Benwee Head.
  There are five Catholic parishes in Erris: Kilcommon, Kilmore, Kiltane, Belmullet and Ballycroy.
context_section_description: The discovery of the Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean some 85 km off Broadhaven Bay has led to the Corrib gas project and ensuing controversy.  Raw, unodourised natural gas from fields under the Atlantic Ocean is planned to be piped at high pressure at Glengad and through the townlands of Kilcommon, to a refinery 10 km inland.  Documentaries have been made on the subject 
  .  A documentary film, The Pipe by local film-maker, Richard O'Donnell, had its first showing at the Galway Film Festival on Thursday 8 July 2010,  went on general release in cinemas nationwide from 3 December 2010.
caption: Elly Bay on the Mullet peninsula
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