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Luxury 3*
Bord Fáilte Approved Holiday
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Local Amenities
Touring
Carracastle is only 10 minutes drive to Knock
International Airport and within easy reach of Knock Shrine,
Castlebar, Ballina, Westport, Roscommon, Boyle, Sligo and
Enniscrone on the Atlantic Coast. Galway and Donegal are
just one hour away.
Archaeology
Carracastle has at least 20 Pre-historic Forts in the
area. Stone and Earthen Forts are noted in a book on
Carracastle published by local historian Vincent
Coleman.
On Lough Gara there are Crannogs dotted along the Lough -
these are man-made stone islands built over 3,000 years
ago.
The Céide Fields of Mayo have exposed 2,000 acres
of stone walled fields built over hills and valleys with a
unique interpretative centre.
Places To Visit
- Knock Shrine / Museum
- Céide Fields
- Croagh Patrick / Westport
- Foxford Woollen Mills
- Museum of Country Life, Castlebar
- Achill Island
- Ballintubber Abbey
- Clare Island
- Moygara Castle
- The Four Altars
- Douglas Hyde Centre
- Lough Key Forest Park
- Ox Mountains
- Boyle Abbey
- Keash Caves
- Ashford Castle
- Cong (The Quiet Man)
- Westport House
- Galway Bay
- Yeats Country, Sligo
- Strokestown House / Famine Museum
- Seaweed Baths, Enniscrone
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