Search Results for 'Turlough'

At the Museum of County Life, Turlough join Micheál Casey for a talk on the wonders of bird migration and find out why Mayo is such an important stopover point. This will take place on Sunday August 26 from 2.30pm to 3.30pm: Talk: Booking required. Contact 094 903 175.

There was good news for Turlough village this week with the announcement that the missing section of footpath between Millwood and Leichnín Village is to be completed.

As part of their ongoing King of The Tower fundraising campaign, Parke Keelogues Crimlin GAA club are holding a table quiz in The Turlough Inn on Friday July 27 at 9.30pm

Turlough village will hold its famous annual duck race, heritage and fair day on Sunday June 17, with all the fun of the fair, entertainment and craft stalls on Turlough Street from mid-day until late evening.

A presentation of the proposed route for the N5 Westport to Turlough Road Project will be held in the Westport Civic Office on Tuesday June 12, the Museum of Country Life, Turlough on Wednesday June 13 and Lough Lannagh Holiday Village on Thursday June 14 from 2pm to 8pm. All individuals and interested parties are invited to attend.

Cllr Harry Barrett has contacted Mayo County Council to demand that an immediate start be made on the missing public footpath between Leichín Village Estate and Millwood Estate, Turlough, Castlebar.

A forgotten object art competition is being run in association with the National Museum of Ireland– Country Life.

The total visitor figures to the four sites of the National Museum of Ireland (one of which is in Turlough) for 2011 was 1,096,027, which was not only a 10 per cent increase on 2010 but also the highest figure ever for visits to the museum. However, visitor numbers to the Museum of County Life in Turlough were down slightly on 2010.

It is a huge disappointment to me, and to all staff in the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, that Féile na Tuaithe will not be taking place in 2012. When I informed staff here last week that féile would not be going ahead, the sense of shock and disappointment was palpable. As we have been informing our sponsors and principal stakeholders, their response has also been one of shock and concern. The general sense is that this is going to be a very big loss not just to the local community around Turlough and Castlebar but to the wider community in the west of Ireland and beyond.

Lacemaking in Ireland will be the subject of the first in a series of public lectures, entitled Uncovering Local History in South Galway, which begin next week.