Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society
Ballinrobe Guided Tour.
By N.O'N.
24, Aug 2011 - 18:41

Ballinrobe Historical Tour.

Averil Staunton of the recently formed Ballinrobe Archaeological & Historical Society, led a large number of people on a interesting walking tour of Ballinrobe to mark the national Heritage Week.

Averil Staunton, leads an interested group on a historical walk through Ballinrobe to mark the 2011 Heritage Week.

The town has a great many historical buildings including Cranmore House, the home of Hubert Thomas Knox, the author of a History of Mayo, and the Market House,which also contained the Ballinrobe Court House.

St. Mary's Catholic Church boasts of a  wonderful collection of Harry Clarke stained glass windows,and a example of work executed by Joshua Clarke, the father of Harry Clarke, another beautiful window came from the Harry Clarke Studios.

The group stopped for chat at the Bower.

The event ended with a pleasent walk to the Bower and the canal which was built through the area in the 19th century.

There was some interesting comments coming  from the local people on the walk, and it all added to the interest and enjoyment of the outing.