Jennings Hotel

Old Westport Road, Castlebar, County Mayo, Western Ireland, Ireland | Hotel

Travel Blogs from Castlebar

Wild, Wild West - MAYO

A travel blog entry by jenny.og

11

... away by natural elements and time. We drove down a country lane to make a photo stop and happened upon some more fishing nets and a field of very lucky cows who have the good fortune to overlook such beautiful surroundings day after day!

Walking around the 5,000 year old stone walls of the Ceide Fields, set in the backdrop of beautiful cliffs, the hills of the Northwest and the pitter patter of soft rain, was like going back into time. We were told that no weapons ...

Croagh Patrick

A travel blog entry by doshaughnessy

... quite difficult compared to what I was expecting. I'm not really in shape, so I was totally exhausted by the time we got to the top. There were some parts where the incline over loose rocks was so steep that every step was so much effort. The mountain top was up in the clouds too, so we couldn't see the top on the way up and we ...

The Shrine of Knock

A travel blog entry by rickandwill

11

... We did see a sign just prior to the town with Knock Shrine on it but we did not know what it was all about. Carried on and found the park, ate some lunch and went for a walk to town. We have since learned what it was all about , which is, and I quote from the brochure, " The story of Knock begins on the evening of 21st of August 1879, when on that day, appeared at the south gable of the church at Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, Our Lady Mary, and St Joseph, St ...

Beauty

A travel blog entry by levinson5

4

... see the hills of Ireland for miles. There is a small yard great for Frisbee and everything is green for miles.

We slept in and went to Westport the first day. Built by a French designer, Westport is built with cool canals and it was fun to walk around. We had a plan for the next day but as we ended every day we went to have tea with Oonagh. The next day we hiked Croagh Patrick. This mountain is where St Patrick rid the country of snakes. It is ...

British Isles

A travel blog entry by bmlevinson

3

... by these beautiful cliffs. They were supposed to be the cliffs of Moher, but we got lost so we called these cliffs the Levinson cliffs of Moher. The reason I couldn't update till now was that we were out of wifi for the week and the train that I am on now does have wifi. One last funny thing before I sign off.The field across the way from our house was a big field. Often in that field were bulls. One day the bulls were walking back to the farm and I didn't want ...

Location

This hotel, located on Old Westport Road, Castlebar, is near National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Ceide Fields, and Foxford Village.
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