Castlebar
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Castlebar is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th-century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. With a population of 13,054 in the 2022 census, Castlebar was one of the fastest growing towns in Ireland in the early 21st century.
Image: The Mall Castlebar
Image: Lough Lannagh Bridge Castlebar
Print depicting the "Castlebar Races" of 1798
Castlebar, circa 1880
Westport, County Mayo
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Westport is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for quality of life. It won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition three times in 2001, 2006 and 2008. In 2012 it won the Best Place to Live in Ireland competition run by The Irish Times.
Mall along Carrowbeg River in Westport
The Carrowbeg river flows through Westport
The town of Westport in the early nineteenth century as painted by JA O'Connor. The main elements of the town are already in place.
John Browne, the First Earl of Altamont and Founder of the modern Westport House and the town of Westport