Kevin McLoughlin is long enough on the inter-county beat with Mayo to know that anybody with green and red blood won’t rest easily until Sam Maguire is hoisted. That is simply the way it is. McLoughlin has been involved in epics and near misses, but the adventure continues. A bond exists between the Mayo team […]
For this year’s Mayo Rose of Tralee, Sandra Ganley, it has been an amazing few months since she was chosen to represent the county at the world famous festival. Representing Kilmovee Comhaltas, Sandra was crowned the Mayo Rose of Tralee at the Mayo Rose selection night held in Claremorris Town Hall back in late April. […]
Ireland’s west coast is spoiled for beautiful beaches. But there are still some dramatically scenic areas that remain virtually unknown to those planning trips along the Wild Atlantic Way. One such place is the Mullet Peninsula, which extends 20km out into the ocean from Belmullet. The peninsula, anchored at its southern tip by the hamlet […]
1 Mayo supporter Mick Barrett goes onto the pitch at the Gaelic Grounds during Mayo’s 2014 defeat to Kerry. Photo: Sportsfile There’s no lamentations out of Big Mick Barrett, the man who jumped the Walls of Limerick. The word lamentation brings with it the picture of an old hag wailing above the screeching wind and […]
Floral print shirt by Issey Miyake from ‘me Issey Miyake Cauliflower, 2016’ collection. In a remote part of west Mayo in the early 1980s, an old lace-making school that had been converted into a knitting factory was making sweaters for Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer then making his name in Paris. One of the sweaters […]
The five-star Ashford Castle added another international award to its collection recently after The Spa at Ashford was named winner of ‘Northern Europe’s Luxury Hotel Spa Award 2017’ at the annual World Luxury Spa Awards. Presented over 32 different categories, the winners of the awards were announced at a gala ceremony in the JW Marriott […]
Funding allocated to 17 Mayo environmental projects. A RAFT of new funding for environmental projects in Mayo has been welcomed by Minister Michael Ring. The Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Environmental Partnership Fund supports local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups. Minister Ring said: “I am delighted that groups throughout Mayo are receiving this […]
Mayo LCDC and Mayo County Council are working with local organisations and communities towards making Mayo a more inclusive county – a place where everyone can realise their potential, develop their talents and have their voices heard regardless of religion, age, gender, disability, economic status, geographic location, ethnic identity, nationality, membership of the Traveller Community, […]
Tourism in west Mayo is to receive a major boost. Minister Michael Ring has announced that he has allocated €984,000 under the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Programme to develop phase one of the Clew Bay Trail. The funding will be used to build 8km of walking and cycling trails at Louisburgh, Old Head, Murrisk and Bertra. […]
The Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, the final round of the 2017 Michael O’Brien Plant Hire Junior 1000 Championship provided a fine finale to an excellent inaugural season on the gravel. It proved to be a dream day for Jason Murphy, not only winning the Mallow based event, but clinching the 2017 title. “I am […]
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