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Westport, County Mayo. Westport (Irish: Cathair na Mart, meaning 'the stone fort of the beeves', historically anglicised as Cahernamart) [ 2 ] is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. [ 3 ] It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for ...
Memorial to the victims in Doolough valley. The Doolough Tragedy is an event that took place during the Great Irish Famine close to Doo Lough in southwest County Mayo. [1] At least seven (and perhaps 20 or significantly more) starving people died after being "forced to walk for miles to present themselves for inspection" by poor law union officials who would determine whether they would ...
Castlebar (Irish: Caisleán an Bharraigh, meaning 'Barry's Castle') is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th-century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. [ 2 ] With a population of 13,054 in the 2022 ...
Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, is a Georgian country house, historically the family seat of the Marquess of Sligo and the Brownes. The house was designed by the architect Richard Cassels with later additions by Thomas Ivory and James Wyatt. The title and the house were separated in 2014, following the death of Jeremy Browne ...
Website. www.creditunion.ie. The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) (Irish: Conradh na hÉireann de Chomhair Chreidmheasa [1]) is a trade association for credit unions in Ireland. It operates in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is an unincorporated body governed by a board of directors elected by member credit unions.
The N5 road is a national primary road in Ireland, connecting Longford town with Westport. It is the main access route from Dublin (via the M4/N4) to most of County Mayo, including the county's largest towns, Castlebar, Ballina (via the N26), and Westport. Almost all of the route has been improved in the 21st century, with the construction of ...
Newport, County Mayo. Newport (Irish: Baile Uí Fhiacháin[2]), historically known as Ballyveaghan and for many years also known as Newport-Pratt, [3] is a small town in the barony of Burrishoole, County Mayo, Ireland. The population was 626 in 2016. [1] It is located on the west coast of Ireland, along the shore of Clew Bay, north of Westport.
Credit union [42] Borris-in-Ossory: Laois: 1880 [43] Storehouse: Boyle: Roscommon: 1826: The Shambles - still in use by various retailers. [44] An older building at market square was demolished in the 1800s. Bray: Wicklow: Original demolished in 1830s. Rebuilt 1881–1883. Previously Bray Town Hall, now McDonald's fast food outlet [45] [46 ...