Mayo - All Hospitality

In the same family ownership as Dublin’s stylish Saba (see entry), Mark Cadden’s gastropub is the busiest bar food venue in the Castlebar area - and that is as it should be as their parents, Mary and Michael, were pioneers of the catering i ...
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Just outside Westport, heading out west from the harbour, this old world thatched pub overlooking Clew Bay enjoys an almost-waterside location just across from the foreshore on the Louisburgh road. Owned by the Cronin family, it is one of Westport's b ...
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For many, angling is the lifeblood of Co Mayo and the River Moy is its heart. A one stop shop of a very different kind is Michael and PJ Tiernan's 'Angling Advice Centre' and Fresh Fish Shop, an extraordinary place with a century and a half's experienc ...
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The Great Western Greenway brings a lot of people to Newport, and the town is the better for it. The Blue Bicycle is on the ground floor of an impressive stone building with steps leading up to it, on the right as you head for Achill - and many of the ...
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Anthony and Geraldine Heffernan's long-established family butchery has undergone several revamps in recent years and, while it is still a butchers shop with café, deli, and bakery, Heffernans Fine Foods has developed considerably of late. Butch ...
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Bring your binoculars when heading for this quirky hotel, as the wildlife in the River Moy and wooded banks beyond the huge sliding windows of your room is perhaps its most fascinating feature - and could well keep you ensconced there in a comfy chair ...
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Westport man Dermott Flynn and his Dublin-born wife Janice O’Rourke opted to offer ‘a small food menu and some good wine selections’, when they opened this restaurant/cafe neart the Octagon in July 2010. With everything made on the pr ...
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A new team has instilled fresh life into this attractive restaurant In the upper part of Westport town, since chef Shteryo Yurukov and front of house partner Eva Ivanova took on the ownership in 2013 - they are both from Bulgaria but have worked in the ...
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Horkan’s Lifestyle and Garden Centre, a few hundred metres along the road from the wonderful Museum of Country Life in Turlough, Castlebar, is a garden centre with a difference, one where you could spend many happy hours. Having browsed to your ...
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Not a lot of people know this, but An Port Mor is named after Portmor House in Blackwatertown, Co Armagh, which is proprietor-chef Frankie Mallon’s home town – a pleasingly familiar place to us, from researching our Taste of the Waterways G ...
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