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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.

We were at the start of the duckrace this afternoon. Click for 40+ photos of the event.

Duck Race Turlough Duck Race and Heritage Day takes place today Sunday at 2pm in Turlough Village. During the day, visitors to the village can enjoy musical entertainment, craft demonstrations, vintage displays, childrens' activities.

Read Our Review: We 'imprisoned' our reviewer and 'forced' her to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from cover to cover. Now you can read her review of the book. And just in case you haven't finished reading it yourself yet we promise there are no 'spoilers'!

Eve of a breakthrough: Are we on the verge of a major breakthrough? Mark Waters argues that the era of limited choice is almost over.

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

Last Week 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

Some of Saturday night's Harry Potter Queue in Castle Book Shop. Click for more from PJ.

Looking Back: Three years ago we were looking forward to the Four Days Walks, two years ago we were seeing off the North West Passage voyage and last year Leo Doherty was off to the World Cup.

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

Parish Newsletter: Read the Parish Newsletter for last Sunday.

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

Mitchels Check out the the Latest Hurling and Camogie Notes. Hurling on the Green is Back!

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.

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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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