€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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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