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Westport (Irish: Cathair na Mart, meaning 'the stone fort of the beeves', historically anglicised as Cahernamart) [2] is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. [3] 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. [4]
The Carrowkennedy ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 2 June 1921, [1] [4] during the Irish War of Independence.An IRA flying column, commanded by Michael Kilroy, ambushed a mobile patrol of the Royal Irish Constabulary including Black and Tans recruits at Carrowkennedy, near Westport, County Mayo.
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Clew Bay Heritage Centre is a local history museum in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. [1] [2] Located in the west of the town, on the pier, it illustrates the social history and heritage of the Clew Bay area and Westport.
Westport (Metro-North station) Westport Bank and Trust Company, a historic place; Westport Public Library; Westport, Indiana; Westport Township, Dickinson County, Iowa; Westport, Kentucky, in Oldham Co. Westport High School (Kentucky), in Louisville, named for the Westport Road; Westport Island, Maine. Westport Community Church; Westport ...
In 1961, the site became the Fort Inge Historical Site County Park. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985. [5] The site is located on the Leona River, and is dominated by the 140-ft-high (43 m) remains of an extinct volcano named Mount Inge.
This is a sortable table of the approximately 3,424 townlands in County Mayo, Ireland. [1] [2] as was the case prior to 1873.It DOES show townlands in the Civil Parish of Inishbofin which were transferred to Galway from Mayo in 1873 and townlands transferred to Roscommon in 1899, around and including Ballaghaderreen.
Westport, County Mayo; B. Peter Browne (1670–1724) C. Clew Bay Heritage Centre; Custom House Studios and Gallery; M. The Mayo News; W. Westport College of Further ...