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

In 1457 the Augustinian , Father Hugh O'Malley was granted permission to build a church and friary in Murrisk at the foot of Croagh Patrick. Murrisk Abbey was just over 100 years in existence when in 1578 the lands belonging to it were leased to James Garvey, a brother of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh. Very little is known about the circumstances of the friars from 1570 to the early 1800's when Murrisk Abbey finally ceased to function.

Murrisk Abbey is now in ruins and under the Supervision of the National Monuments Service. The land upon which Murrisk Abbey stands was donated to the Augustinians by the grandfather of Grace O'Malley, Clew Bay's famous "Pirate Queen".