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Castlebar Fever Hospital was the first structure demolished in 1965 when works on what would become the Sacred Heart Hospital commenced. The Fever Hospital and the Workhouse that shadowed it are at the top of the list of former public spaces in Castlebar with a dark and terrible history.

The street names of Castlebar are each a chapter heading in the long and fascinating history of the town. The origin of some of the street names leaves little room for debate.

Arthur Guinness began producing porter in 1778. The dark beer was brewed using roasted barley. This 1721 innovation - attributed to Ralph Harwood - gave the cocktail its characteristic colour and intense aroma.

On a Sunday in March 1847, John Hogan, Secretary of the Castlebar Evangelical Relief Committee, was walking on Gallows Hill, Castlebar, when he was drawn into a cabin.

It is three years to the month since the signing into law by President Higgins of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The act abolished Ireland’s 80 town councils as part of a range of measures designed to reform local administration. Three of those town councils operated in the Mayo towns of Ballina, Westport, and in the county capital, Castlebar. The debate continues as to whether the abolition of an entire tier of local government was largely beneficial or harmful. It may take longer than three years for any lasting effects to register themselves.

It was the action that went down in military history as much for its commanders’ incompetence as for its soldiers’ perceived heroism.