MAYO LISTING
Achill Island, Co Mayo
Ireland's largest Island. Motorists can take the Atlantic Coast Drive, which is a circular marked route that circumvents most of the island.
Carrickkildavnet Castle by J Hopkinson, copyright 2001

Carrickkildavnet Castle, Cloghmore, Achill Island, Co Mayo
This castle is associated with Grace O'Malley but was actually built before her time, and probably by one of her ancestors.

Photos generously contributed by J.Hopkinson
Ceide Fields, Ballycastle, Co Mayo
Ceidi Fields is Europe's larges Stone Age land enclosure. It covers over 4 square miles along the north coast of Mayo. his site was once enclosed but walls to make fields suitable for crops such as wheat and barley, and for grazing cattle.
Rockfleet Castle by J Hopkinson, copyright 2001

Rockfleet Castle, aka Carrigahowey Castle, Mulranny, Co Mayo
The castle was beseiged by troops sent from Galway in 1574 but the invaders were turned back by pirate queen Grace O'Malley. After the death of her second husband, Richard Burke, in 1583, Grace retired to this castle. It was said that she brought with her "all herown followers and 1000 head of cows and mares."

Photos generously contributed by J.Hopkinson

Westport House, Westport, Co Mayo
Westport House was designed in 1732 by Richard Castle and completed by James Wyatt in 1778. This house stands on a former site of the an O'Malley castle.