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This 170km route takes the walker from the fjord of Killary Harbour at Leenaun on the Co. Galway border to the base of the Ox Mountains on the Co. Sligo border. The variety is tremendous, and the walker will pass through some of the most beautiful scenery of Co. Mayo - across rugged mountains, through leafy laneways, by forest track and stream, through wild and desolate bogs. Route Details: Leenaun, Sheefry Bridge, Westport, Newport, Sheskin, Ballycastle, Killala, Ballina, Ox Mountains. To...

Castlebar's premier walking festival attracts walkers from all over the world. The festival takes place during the first week in July.
It was first established in 1967 and has grown ever since.
There are 10km,20km and 40km walks and rambles to be enjoyed. The festival is open to all ages form the age of 11 and all the ways upwards! The walks takes to places all around Castlebar and beyond.

Each night in during the festival there are music, dancing and...