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Croagh Patrick Walking Tours will bring you on guided tours around Westport, the rest of Mayo and Connemara. For your own comfort it is advisable to bring along waterproof hiking boots, a supply of food, rucksacks and thermos and suiable rainwear....

Clare Island, off the cost at the mouth of Clew Bay also has some excellent walks, both for those who like gentle strolling and for the more experienced climber. Knockaveen Hill, near the harbour is a pleasant walk, giving good views of the island and nearby mainland. Croaghmore is for the more adventurous, but the views and the wildlife make it more worthwhile. There are several developed forest/woodland trails which include car parks and picnic sites. Moore Hall, 11 km north of Ballinrob...

Croagh Patrick is located about 8km from Westport on the Louisburgh Road. Croagh Patrick is a sacred and beautiful hill. From most points of view, it rises from the sea on the southern shore of Clew Bay as a perfect cone to the height of 764 metres (2,510 feet). There are larger and loftier masses of mountain in Ireland, but none so striking from its isolation....

The ruin of Moore Hall, the Georgian home of a famous Mayo family, is situated on a promontory overlooking Lough Carra. The best-known members of the family are John (1763-99), who was appointed president of the 'Provisional Republic of Connacht' during the French invasion in 1798; George Henry (1811-70), MP for Mayo and one of the leaders of the Tenant-Right Movement, and George (1852-1933), one of the great novelists in English literature, who is lsowly gaining the international critical accla...