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.

Muirsin snapped this working telephone booth on a recent visit to Sweden.... click photo for more.

Mars Rising... Seti Mayo describes the close approach of Mars to Earth. He snapped Mars from Fortfield. Bowser also photographed Mars when it was a mere 35 million km from Castlebar.

Remember Sputnik? Mars sparked off a discussion about Sputnik and light pollution among other things on the Nostalgia Board.

Local Papers: Commentary on some local events and issues from our (not so) jaundiced columnist this week.

Chamber Corner: Beginning a new information page from Castlebar Chamber of Commerce.

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

Say Hi! Sign our Guest Book and say Hi! to Castlebar.

Census: The latest household survey from the Central Statistics Office makes interesting reading.

Castlebar's Brewery: Read all about Castlebar's brewery in a fascinating discussion thread.

PJ's Tour d'Humbert 205: 1. Landing at Kilcummin 22 Aug 2. The Races of Castlebar 27 Aug

Second Photo

An astronomical theme this week - Armagh Planetarium - Mike pays a visit to Clones and Moira.... click photo for more.

House Building: Visit the Museum's house-building project this month. See skilled craftsmen using traditional house-building techniques and materials. - View our photos of the nearly-completed house.

Currach Building Project: Remember last year's boat building project at the Museum?

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.

Old Front Pages:

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.

Maps->
Ups and downs!
Castlebar 1999
Castlebar early 1900s
Castlebar 1839
Castlebar 1870
Castlebar 1917
Castlebar - Galway
Castlebar - Ballina
Aerial Photo 1995
Aerial Photos 1995 v 1975
Virtual Tour
Tennis Courts
Town Plan
Old Blues Pub Map
Clare Island
Heneghans Town Map
Mayo Galway Dive Sites

Why not visit Castlebar, County Mayo in the West of Ireland?