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A journey th o rough historical May Traveling to Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Clogher Community Hall ▶ By Air West Airport Knock Co Mayo. For Clogher, Co. Mayo, Ireland full details see www.irelandwestairport.com 094 936 0891 ▶ By Rail Daily services from Dublin to , Manulla, and Westport Station timetable e: [email protected] details on www.irishrail.ie w: www.croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com ▶ By Bus Bus Eireann offers daily service to nearly all major towns in Mayo with daily services to Follow us on facebook Claremorris, Westport, Castlebar and stopping at www.facebook.com/croaghpatrickheritagetrail villages of Balla (at start of the trail) and Murrisk (at the end of the trail). Timetable information on www.buseireann.ie ▶ By Car From Dublin take M50 and exit onto M4 Sligo/Galway and then exit on M6 to Galway and exit N60 to Roscommon to bring you to Claremorris and onto Castlebar. Start of the trail in village of Balla on N60 between Claremorris and Castlebar

The Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail was created by the Tochar Valley Rural for more information see: Community Network in association with local Landowners and developed Clogher www.irelandwestairport.com in partnership with South West Mayo Development Company Ltd, The Rural Social Schemes, Mayo County Council, Vocational Education Committee, Community Hall www.irishrail.ie FAS, Failte Ireland, Gno Mhaigh Eo and the National Trails Office.T he Croagh www.buseireann.ie Patrick Heritage Trail is an accredited National Way marked Way and is part of 094 936 0891 a countrywide network of high-quality walks. www.croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Map/Route … a journey through historicalN5 mayo

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This picturesque town has many places of historical interest. The Blessed One of the monuments still in Well, a former place Croagh Patrick is a 764 meters existence is the ‘Leaba Phádraig’ of pilgrimage, and (2,507 ft) tall mountain and an Natural rock outcrop with Art Carving (St. Patrick’s Bed), where the saint is Drum Monastic Enclosure with the Round Tower important site of pilgrimage in Mayo from Neolithic Bronze Age 3000 BC reputed to have slept circa 441 Church of John of the Dykes Dating from 1216 Heritage Cottage and Working Forge St. Patrick’s Footprint is nearby 15th Century Tower House Early Christian Site Mid 5th Century circa 7th century

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Linear Trail Balla (N60) – Clogher – Ballintubber – Terrain Woodland, Bog, Forestry, Fields, Clogher to Ballintubber 8km Trailhead and information areas are located The trail is way Killawalla – Aughagower – Murrisk (Croagh Patrick) Boreens & Minor Roads, Mountain Tracks & Open Bog Ballintubber to Killawalla 8km at the following locations Balla (Community marked using Theme National Way marked Way (Yellow Walk) Minimum Gear Trekking Boots, raingear, snacks & fluid Terrain country roads, bog track, farmland Centre), Killawalla (Community Centre), black posts about Overall Total Distance 61 km Map Reference OS Discovery Sheet 31, 38 & 30 Aghagower (Community Centre) and Murrisk 1 metre high, with Level Difficulty Hard Services Balla, Clogher, Ballintubber, Killawalla, Killawalla to Aghagower 17.5km, (Car park). Services such as Accommodation, yellow walking Mountain Ascent 310 meters Aghagower & Murrisk Aghagower to Murrisk 19km Restaurants, Pubs and Shops are available at man and travel Total Ascent 1205 meters Distance between villages Balla to Clogher 8km Terrain country road, forest track, bog track each of these locations. arrow.

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