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samara78 Says: I went to learn sailing for 1 week in Rosmonney ( Westport). The Adventure Islands is a good company and the instructor "Gillian" is very great. You can learn easily with her. The sea and the wind were perfect. I can back to Italy very happy for this experience. I definitely...
AlisonCoghlan Says: Knockranny Spa within the Knockranny hotel is a beautiful spa on the outskirts of Westport town. It has a freshwater pool surrounded by sandstone paving and muted lighting. There are a number of rooms off the pool including a sauna, steamroom, monsoon shower, brine...
maireadin Says: Was at The Legend Of Grainne Mhaol last night (Wed) and it blew me away. This is a musical type show telling the story of Grainne Mhaol, bit like Riverdance but on a smaller scale and I would say from the 2 standing ovations that its a lot more energetic and intimid. Having...
No1 School Trip destination in Ireland
sourbugger Says: Whilst Westport House may bill itself as such a destination, do not be alarmed, the place is not an Irish version of Alton Towers an Irish Disneyland.It has a couple of 'thrill' rides but these are very low key and understated. The giant slide, log flume, giant swans on the...
Westport house : other attractions
sourbugger Says: Westport house operates a 'passport' system, whereby each of it's attractions can be visted once (or sometimes two or three times) during a visit.The House and grounds are, of course, the main attraction. You will also find a minature railway with dancing monkeys, a smallish...
sourbugger Says: The swans are in fact pedalos (cycle powered plastic rafts) which you can paddle around the lake. Although no mention of the folklaw is given on the website, I am reliably informed that the swans are supposed to bring to mind the Legend of the children of Lir from Celtic...
sourbugger Says: Just 10kms from Westport (and you can clearly see it from the town) lies the mass of Croagh Patrick. the mountain where St Patrick reputedly spent all of one Lent on praying before driving out the snakes and converting all of Ireland into a 'Catholic Home win'.Climbing his...
AlisonCoghlan Says: Learning to Surf? Check out Surf Mayo. Mayo's number 1 surfing school. They run classes and courses from mid march to mid november, or you can also hire boards and wetsuits if you don't need a lesson.Take the coast road, west out of Westport, continue on to the west road for...
AlisonCoghlan Says: Glenanns sailing club is on an island called Collanmore off the coast of westport, and the pier where you get the boat out to it is about 5 miles from Westport town.If you want to learn sailing for the week/weekend, I would definitely recommend this place. From about april...
AlisonCoghlan Says: The Surrounds of westport are amazing for Surfing and Kitesurfing. The current european surfing champion lives in westport and surfs on the beaches nearby. There's a surf school on Carrownisky beach throughout the summer where you can rent boards, get tuition etc. Once...
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AlisonCoghlan Says: Dunnings is a great little place for breakfast on a sunday. When your head hurts from a big session in the pubs the night before, and all you can think of is a massive fry-up 'Full Irish' Breakfast, this is the only place I could find open. They do a mini-brekkie which is...
Il Vulcano: Great little Italian
AlisonCoghlan Says: Member of the Ciao Italia - Worldwide association of the real Italian Restaurant, il Vulcao is a really laid back restaurant with an open kitchen serving great food and a lovely choice of wines from italy. The staff are attentive but not overly so, and the ambiance is nice -...
AlisonCoghlan Says: Westport is a great place for lightly entertainment for all tastes and ages. There are more pubs than weeks in the year, and many of them play traditional music with live sessions in the evenings. Two of my favourite are McGings and Matt Molloys (Matt Molloy is a member of...
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sourbugger Says: I was in Westport recently (Ocober 2005) for a Stag weekend. They seem to be remarkably more tolerant here of the antics of drunken single-sex groups than say, Dublin.We were not refused entry to any venue - they seemed only too welcome, and even gave away free beer in a...
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Westport station is a little out of town, but is directly connected to Dublin. It may call inself inter-city but it trundles along at a snellzug place - kaing about three and a half hourse.
(usually about 3 trains a day)
Knock International airport is only about 20 miles away, and provides a daily early-morning flight to Dublin. There are also several services to the UK on Ryanair, Easyjet and BMIbaby - see many more deatils on my 'Knock' page.
Written Oct 18, 2005
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Portwest is Westport's biggest surfing shop. It's located on on Bridge Street in westport and stocks boards, wetsuits, rashvests and other surfing gear as well as a wide range of other outdoor gear.
098-51718
Hewitsons is another surf shop in westport - on Bridge Street also. It deals mainly with Fishing gear but it does have wetsuits, bodyboards, surfboards etc.
There's a new surfshop in Louisburg, about 10 miles out of westport. It is a shop solely dedicated to surfing and is owned by one of the surfers in the area. So if you want to know where the best waves are; ask him. The great thing about this shop is that it's open on sundays too - The others don't.
Updated Oct 9, 2006
Address: Bridge Street, Westport
Phone: 09851718
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There is a well known legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland, well believe it if you like. The story goes that sometime back in the fifth century he stood on the mountain that is now 'Cragh Patrick' (about 10kms from Westport) and used a staff to drive the slimy little things into the sea.
There maybe no snakes in Ireland but - there were probably never any snakes in Ireland.
It has more to do with the vagaries of geography than any little miracles performed by St. Paddy.
Updated Oct 19, 2005
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Not really off the beaten path, in the sense that this tip concerns a tarmaced road.
The R330 road runs south from Westport until it joins the main N84 Castlebar-Galway road at Partry.
I have always enjoyed this stretch of road, as with little traffic, a few scattered villages, gently sweeping bends, and terrific scenery it is an open-top driving heaven.
I've enjoyed it immensly in the MG, and even in the battered old rust-bucket I sometimes drive it really makes you feel alive and life is worth living.
Written Oct 17, 2005
Two great beaches not far from the town of Westport: Carrowniskey in Louisburg and Keel in Achill.
Equipment: Gear hire is available at both locations during the Summer. Emmett in the surf shop in Louisburg can provide tuition.
Written Jun 3, 2008
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eden_teuling Says: SOME USEFUL INFORMATION....TOURIST informationWestport Tourist OfficeOPEN: daily from 9AM - 6PMDuring the summer season extended hours!!Tel.: (098) 25711Fax: (098) 26709www.visitmayo.com TRAVELLING AROUND: on foot, by bike, by car.....
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Westport is a beautiful picturesque little town on the west coast of ireland. It's nestled between the Atlantic and Croagh Patrick so the surrounding scenery is stunning. Not only that, but it has a...
When I first got to Westport I really thought I was somewhere in Portugal. Let me explain it to you: I saw a few flags around the city and they have the same colours as the Portuguese flag (red and......
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WESTPORT lies on an arm of CLEW BAY a superb expanse of island-dotted sea framed by MOUNTAIN RANGES. This really is a unique town in that it was designed to the plan of JAMES WYATT, the well-known...
I visited County Mayo, on Ireland's west coast, for a long week-end break with friends Sam, Sonali, Rachel and Mike.
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