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Downpatrick Head
A wave-battered headland near Ballycastle with the iconic Dún Briste sea stack standing isolated offshore.
41 km · about 50 min drive
Connacht, Ireland · Europe
Foxford sits on the route: 25 minutes from Swinford, 60km from Killary Harbour.
Foxford is a town located in Connacht, Ireland. With a population of 1,315, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Foxford sits in Ireland, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/Dublin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Foxford to your route.
Foxford (Irish: Béal Easa, meaning 'mouth of the waterfall') is a town 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland. It is on the N26 road between Swinford and Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Manulla Junction and Ballina.
Foxford lies on the River Moy, a salmon-fishing river, close toRead more
Lough Conn and Lough Cullin and between the Nephin and Ox Mountains. The Foxford Way is an 86-km waymarked tourist trail that circles Foxford, taking in the Ox Mountains, bogland, archeological sites, lakeshores and river banks.
Agnes Morrogh Bernard founded a convent and started a water-powered woollen mill here in 1892. The Foxford Woollen Mills are known for producing characteristic wool blankets.
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Foxford is located in Connacht, Ireland, Europe. The coordinates are 53.9807 latitude, -9.1155 longitude.
Foxford has a population of approximately 1,315 people, making it a town in Ireland.
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scenic viewpoint
A wave-battered headland near Ballycastle with the iconic Dún Briste sea stack standing isolated offshore.
41 km · about 50 min drive
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Ireland's holiest mountain at 764 metres, where St Patrick is said to have fasted for 40 days, with sweeping views over Clew Bay.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Brooding mountain pass on the R335 between Louisburgh and Delphi where dark Doo Lough fills the valley floor between Mweelrea and the Sheeffry Hills. A stone cross remembers the 1849 Famine death march along this road.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Ireland's only true fjord, a 16km glacial inlet flanked by mountains on the Galway-Mayo border.
60 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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