Reader Profiles

Who visits this Site? For a detailed breakdown of our readers' location, age, sex, preferences, etc. read our visitor profile.

What You Think: Read Your Comments on the Castlebar web pages.

Broadband Arrives! Finally it has arrived in Castlebar and Westport. Andrew Fordham business eircom's marketing manager explains the new i-stream broadband service to Peter Jordan.

  Audio Panto: Our selection of RealAudio files - click individual links to get a flavour of Robinson Crusoe 2003 Introduction
- Silly Billy
- Captain Bill Atkins
- Over the Rainbow
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Interview with the Fairies
- Here comes the Sun
- Interviews with the Audience
- Drunken Sailor
- or listen to all of the above as a continuous Selection of Panto Clips (23 minutes in total) - (RealPlayer needed)

Panto Video: Castlebar pantomime 2001 Aladdin - Castlebar's 2001 Pantomime - an archive video.

 Mayo Moments: Featuring a selection of video and audio tracks.

Ciara Joyce - Gold Medal winner (bowling) in the Special Olympics. Click for more photos from Michael Donnelly.
See the second photo below for the homecoming photos.

Michael Kilcoyne: looks back on his year as Mayor of Castlebar.

Castlebar Mitchels: Hurling and Camogie club notes now online.

Parish Newsletter: Read Sunday's Parish Newsletter.

The apathy of the people is disheartening: Columnist Mark Waters argues that we are told that voting changes nothing and we actually believe it.

Four Days Walks 2003: The Four Days Walks are coming up fast. Why not get out and walk yourself this year?

When Castlebar met Venezuela

Weekend Update: Looking back on our Host Town Week for the Special Olympics- Timetable, Parade, Venezuelan team details, Sing the feeling CD, Art exhibition. now the games begin!

The Olympic Flame arrives at the Mall: Our own photos of the event.

Venezuelan team arrives in Castlebar: Muirsín Durcan has photos from the Travellers Friend and the Official Reception at the Welcome Inn.

Torch Run: Michael Donnelly followed the the Olympic Flame from Castlebar to Claremorris - lots of photos from both towns.

Second Photo

The Special Olympics Athletes on their triumphant homecoming. Click for more from Michael Donnelly

Angling News: from the North Western Regional Fisheries Board, Ballina and from the Western Regional Fisheries Board, Galway.

Irish Roots? Find your long lost Irish relatives using our roots page. Especially useful if you have Mayo roots.

The World Comes to Castlebar: Click for our photos of the bands in action at the 2003 Castlebar Blues Festival.

Castlebar Sports

Getting up there: Check-out the Line-outs in Michael Donnelly's Ballinrobe v Bucaneers photos. High-rise Rugby!

Castlebar Celtic: Lots of photos of the U-10 and U-12 teams who participated in the Manulla five-aside Blitz. Connaught Champions of the future!

Swimming Club: All the latest news from Castlebar Swimming Club.

Mulligan on Sport: Read John Mulligan's regular column on sport - keeping you in touch with local sport especially.

Old Front Pages:

Buy a CD: If you buy CDs online why not buy from CD WOW!? By clicking through to CD-WOW! and buying your music using this link you are supporting Castlebar.ie.

Our Photographs

The West - from Addergoole to Windy Gap: Over 2000 photographs for you to browse through with a West of Ireland emphasis.

Galleries: Because we add 20 or 30 new photos every day we now have many thousands of photos on the Castlebar site.

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