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.

Pay a visit to beautiful Corr na Móna on the shores of Lough Corrib. Click photo for the Corr na Móna photo gallery.

Join the Debate: Our correspondent blames sheep overgrazing as the 'root' cause of Friday's Landslide at Pollatomish. Others feel that this is unlikely. What do you think?.

Bertie Says One-Off Housing is Good: But Mark Waters begs to differ. The reality of one-off housing is neither pretty, convenient nor safe. In fact one-off housing killed his cat!

Local Papers Comment: Taking a look at last week's local papers: Ring welcomes publication of councillors expenses - Greens slate county development plan - Tidy towns honours for Mayo - Moy Fish kill.....

Parish News: All the latest news from Castlebar Parish.

Courses: At this time of year many people are thinking of doing full-time or part-time courses. Check out Castlebar College of Further Education for some of the courses on offer in Castlebar.

Chamber Corner: Castlebar Chamber of Commerce news. Invite to the Black and White Charity Ball on 10th October.

On-Line Shopping: Baubles bangles and beads. Some excellent Castlebar-made jewellery and some larger Connemara Marble items now available to purchase on-line. Celtic designs with silver and Connemara marble.

Second Photo

Cong has opened the new renovated Church in the shadow of the old Abbey. Click for more photos and decide whether you like the old-new contrast.

ICA News: The ICA paid a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin recently. For this and all the latest ICA news. Also some recent photographs of ICA activities.

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.

Castlebar Sports

Rugby: Get the latest news from Castlebar RFC.

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

Swimming: Castlebar Swimming Club . Catch up on the read all the latest swimming news.

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?