Sraheens, Achill Island

Sraheens is a townland and boggy area on the island of Achill, County Mayo, Ireland, to the southwest of Achill Sound.
The townland, in the southeastern part of Achill, belongs to the barony of Burrishoole in Achill Parish and has an area of 895.47 hectares. It borders Cashel to the west, Derreen to the south, Dooega to the west and Salia to the north.
Sraheens Bog is officially designated a Natural Heritage Area.
It lies about west of Achill Sound and east of Dooega, on the eastern
slopes of Knockmore Mountain. Sraheens Lough lies to the north and to the east is a rocky ridge and the Sraheens River. The altitude ranges from to.
The landscape of the townland and bog is dominated mainly by Black Bog-rush and Purple Moor-grass, along with Carnation Sedge, Ling Heather, Cross-leaved Heath, Bog Asphodel, Round-leaved Sundew,
Many-stalked Spike-rush, Deergrass, and
Common Cottongrass . Isoetes echinospora and Leptobryum pyriforme grow in the area around Sraheens Lough.