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.

Daniel O'Donnell played a gig at the TF Royal Theatre on Thursday - click for more photos from the TF.

The Reek: All you need to know about the Reek for this Sunday's big pilgrimage. Check out Peter Jordan's spectacular, atmospheric photos from last year's climb.

Parish Newsletter: Read Sunday's Parish Newsletter.

Boring Balla? Suzanne Garvey is going to liven Balla tomorrow night with the help of her DeCare Colleagues. Preview her interview at the Rose of Carrandine next Sunday! Tralee here she comes!

Up up and Away! Your chance to win a trip in a hot air balloon in aid of Mayo MS. Sponsor a Balloon or release one at the top of Croagh Patrick on 16th August!

Local Papers Comment: Auctioneers and Land Owners make County plan for one-off housing - our correspondent isn't happy. In the Western People details of Castlebar's new wind farm - and pollution hits tourism in North Mayo. In the Connaught town vandalism and the end of the Bolgers Saga?

The view from the front door of a ruined house on Glass Island, Lough Conn. Click for PJ's latest voyage.

Angling Reports: Latest news from the North Western Regional Fisheries Board, Ballina and from the Western Regional Fisheries Board, Galway.

Second Photo

Post Offices are being closed in small villages like Clonbern, Co. Galway. Click photo to visit Clonbern.

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

Castlebar Sports

Swimming: Results Irish Open Age Group Championships - Division 1 Results. . Catch up on the earlier swimming columns.

Mitchels Notes: Read the latest from Castlebar Mitchels notes - weekly updates.

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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