Westport Video
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August 2011 – Westport Food Festival
The inaugural Westport Food Festival will take place over three days from 2nd-4th September, 2011. The festival programme incorporates both day and evening events in and around chosen venues across Westport Town, Murrisk and the Quays with activities to suit all demographics, ages and palates.
The vision is for Westport to become domestically and internationally renowned for its food and branded as an all-year-round food destination with the Festival as its anchor event.
May 2011 – The Great Western Greenway has been named as the Irish winner of the European Destination of Excellence Award
The former Newport to Mulranny railway line opened last summer as a tourist trail for cycling and walking trips. The EU competition looked at heritage sites that had been regenerated into eco-friendly tourist attractions. Fáilte Ireland invested €160,000 in turning the derelict railway line into an 18km greenway. The trail attracted up to 700 visitors a day during the recent Easter break.
The Great Western Greenway is a 42 km walking and cycling route that mainly follows the line of the once renowned Midland Great Western Railway Line which was abandoned in 1937. The route links Westport and Achill and crosses some of the most idyllic scenery in the West of Ireland. Bike Hire is available in Westport and in towns along the Greenway.
