Visit Castlebar is an initiative to market the Castlebar Municipal District to holidaymakers staying in the area, to holidaymakers staying elsewhere but visiting the area and short stay visitors.
Castlebar (Mayo)
Highlights for #MayoDay include a one-hour flagship TV programme broadcast on Mayo Day evening on TG4 and the TG4 Player, and an online collaboration with The Irish Times focusing on business and enterprise on the evening of Thursday, April 29th.
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In the first video, Dympna outlined how to start. She points viewers towards the online censuses of 1901 and 1911. From there you can get some vital information to start on your path by identifying family members and taking it from there following the marriage, births and death records to build
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On Saturday, Mayo and Dublin Senior football teams will meet in Croke Park to battle for the Sam Maguire Cup. Dublin are competing to win their 6th Championship in a row, while Mayo will be looking to bring home the All-Ireland title for the first time in 69 years.
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The title, the book’s authors tell us, was chosen quite deliberately. "It reflects the common bond that exists between us, helps unite us and hopefully will never leave us," they declare.
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Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland is one of the most valuable and unique sources of local history in Ireland. The equivalent of a tourist's "Lonely Planet Guide" in its day, this groundbreaking publication came in two volumes, with an accompanying atlas. First published in 1837, it was
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Remember Us was launched in April 2019 by the Tiernaur Oral History Group in Newport County Mayo. This book covers the years of 1914-1924 and the many local people who fought and supported the Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War. The book is available for sale at
Burrishoole (Mayo)
From 1848 to 1850, the Famine Orphan Emigration Scheme, administered by Colonial Secretary, Earl Grey, sent a total of 4,114 young women from 118 Irish workhouses to the Australian ports of Sydney, Port Phillip (Melbourne) and Adelaide.
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Sean Breheny will be adding further details about the family as well as family photos and documents. You can learn more at his website
Kilbeagh (Mayo)
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