To See

Rolling Sun Spectacle

National Famine Monument

Foxford Woolen Mills

Murrisk Abbey

Ceide Fields

Mayo Abbey

Clew Bay Heritage Centre

Achill Island

Westport House

Ballintubber Abbey

Knock Shrine

Louisburgh

Town of Cong

Clare Island

Delphi and Connemara

Louisburgh

Ten minutes from the Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre is the charming town of Louisburgh, home to a number of Blue Flag beaches as well as the Granuaille Visitor Centre. Granuaille, also known as Grace O'Malley, is one of Clew Bay's most famous personalities. A sixteenth century contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I, she is best known as the Pirate Queen. Her grandfather donated the land upon which Murrisk Abbey was built in the fifteenth century. Remnants of castles owned by Grace herself dot the West Mayo countryside. According to local legend, she is buried on Clare Island.