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The history of the cinema is littered with major box-office 'hits' which after their fashionable success are forgotten, as surely as if they ended up on the 'cutting room floor'. However, there are some enduring classics which have developed a cult-following and high on this list is John Ford's greatest movie 'The quiet Man' starring Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald.
Shot in 1951 and released in 1952 it is set in the beautiful West of Ireland, with filming being centred...

Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre is located in Murrisk on the Pilgrim's path at the base of Croagh Patrick. It's opposite the National Famine Monument.
It's open from St. Patrick's Day to October and facilities at the visitor centre include a tea room, a craft shop, hot showers and secure lockers....

Housed in a 19th century building, Clew Bay Heritage Centre tells the story of Westport through the years. It traces the history of the town and Clew Bay from pre Christian times to date.
Displays consist of documents, photographs and general artefacts connected with Westport, one of the few planned towns in Ireland. Other features include a genealogical research facility and there are also guided walks of the town....

Westport House is one of Ireland's finest 18th Century historic homes. It was built on the site of a castle owned by pirate queen Grainne Uaile, a bronze statue of whom stands in the grounds of Westport House. It is still lived in and owned by the Browne family, direct descendants of the pirate queen.
It's set in magnificent parklands with mature trees and a lake. On site attractions and facilities include swan pedaloes, a log flume ride, dungeons, a miniature railway, a children's pla...

Concealed beneath a five thousand year old bog near Ballycastle in Co Mayo is a remarkable pattern of walled fields and corrals which indicate the existence of an ancient, ordered tribe who farmed this area before the bog was formed.
The beautiful visitor centre on the site interprets this phenomenon with a series of imaginative displays and an audio visual presentation. Featured also at the centre is the geology of the area, wild flora and history of the bog development.
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Knock Folk museum, officially opened and blessed in May of 1987 and is located on the grounds of then Knock Shrine. Knock has rapidly established itself as one of the major tourist attractions in Ireland. The museum's theme 'A look into the past' portrays life in 19th century rural Ireland and the museum itself is divided into fifteen sections each devoted to a particular subject. It attempts to delve deeper into the past so that visitors will gain a sense of historic place.
It also takes...

Achill, Ireland's largest offshore island and one if its most spectacular, is joined to the mainland by a bridge at Achill Sound. With a population of some 3,000 people, it is 22 km (14 miles) long and 19 km (12 miles) wide. The island carries the distinction of having received five European five Blue flag Beach awards.

Achill's steep hills rise steeply from the sea, and the island possesses some of the most amazing cliff faces in Europe. Its famous Atlantic Drive reveals some of A...

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....

Foxford Woollen Mills Visitor Centre is a unique centre allowing you to step back in time to 1892 when Mother Agnes, an Irish Sister of Charity came to Foxford and set up the Woollen Mill. You can trace her determined struggle to establish the mill.
The Foxford Woollen Mills Visitor Centre also incorporates the Mill Shop, Olde Mill Restaurant, jewellery workshop, woodcrafting, art galleries and much more.
Facilities include a tourist information office, a bureau de change, ba...

Our Lady's Shrine Knock, is one of the great Marian shrines of the world, attracting over 1,500,000 visitors annually. It's an oasis of peace, tranquillity and deep spirituality where many who come to see, remain to pray and find reconciliation. On 30th September 1979, His Holiness Pope John Paul II came as a pilgrim to Knock Shrine, the goal of his journey to Ireland.
Knock is the scene of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John on 21st August 1879, witness...