€100,000 to enhance Ballyhaunis streetscape and shopfronts
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
Ballyhaunis will benefit from a fund of €100,000 to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts. The funding is being allocated to Mayo County Council under the Streetscape Enhancement.
Read more ...Mayo targets the Diaspora in Milwaukee
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
The 41st annual Milwaukee Irish Fest – the largest celebration of Irish culture and heritage in the United States – recently took place on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
Read more ...Mayo County Prison after the Battle of Castlebar 1798
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
The sound of artillery and musket fire has died away. Dead combatants and military ordinance are scattered on the Green in Castlebar. Outside the County Prison on the Green, the blood-soaked body of a lone Fraser Fencible lay dead on the steps – bludgeoned to death by French infantrymen.
Read more ...Castleconnor sustainability champion is changing the construction industry for the better
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
A Castleconnor man is making sustainability a priority for one of the country’s leading construction firms.
Read more ...Gaelic football and the press
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
If recent press reporting tells us anything about the state of Gaelic Football, it is that in the 138 years since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), none of the passion first witnessed and recorded all that time ago has receded. Games this summer exhibited all the magic, drama, and controversy first captured in reports of meetings between Mayo clubs such as Belcarra, Ballyglass, Cornfield, Carnacon, and Towerhill in the 1880s.
Read more ...Clár funding of €381,616 to support community projects in Mayo
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Funding of €381,616 is being provided to support a range of community projects in Mayo which should benefit people of all ages.
Read more ...Plaque unveiled in Newport to celebrate the first Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
A centenary event to celebrate the first Commissioner of An Garda Síochána took place at Michael Staines’ birthplace in Newport, on Wednesday.
Read more ...Roll up to Market Square this Saturday
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Calling all amateur photographers! The Linenhall Arts Centre and Mayo Rollers, a branch of the Castlebar Skate Club, are holding a dynamic outdoor photography challenge on Market Square, Castlebar this Saturday, August 20 at 6pm.
Read more ...Mayo company gets chance to exhibit to almost 300,000 at Ploughing Championships
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
A county Mayo company will get a chance to exhibit their business to almost 300,000 people at the National Ploughing Championships next month as part of the Local Enterprise Village.
Read more ...Foxford community celebrates Admiral Brown
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Saturday, July 30, saw Foxford once again play host to the Argentinian Ambassador Ms Moira Wilkinson and the crew of the ARA Libertad to celebrate the 245th anniversary of the birth of the founding member of the Argentine Navy, Foxford native Admiral William Brown.
Read more ...Explore Mayo cycle hits the road this month
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Castlebar Cycling Club is pleased to announce that its hugely popular Explore Mayo Cycle Sportive will take place this Saturday, August 20, having previously been postponed due to inclement weather last June.
Read more ...Kilbane to host exciting new global television show
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Mayo’s James Kilbane is swapping the stage for the studio this month, as the renowned Christian, Gospel, Country and Irish Folk singer gets ready for a brand new global debut as host of an exciting new show on the multi-award-winning Shalom World Television Network.
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