Ballycastle

Spectacular fork lightning captured over north Mayo coast

by 22/05/20 11:12am

A Ballycastle man has captured spectacular footage of forked lightning in the sky over north Mayo’s Ceide Fields. The six seconds of lightning was recorded yesterday evening just after 6pm by the local man who says that this form of...

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Ballycastle joins Roar for Ruairí campaign

by 09/03/20 3:55pm

On Monday evening, March 16 next, the community of Ballycastle will launch a very special fundraiser to help one of their own. The Roar for Ruairí campaign began life in Co Kildare where the Clane and Rathcoffey GAA Clubs rallied...

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Ballycastle RIC man’s tragic murder recalled

A view of Ballycastle in north Mayo.
Next Thursday, August 26 marks the 99th anniversary of the shooting of a Ballycastle-born police officer in Co Tyrone. Constable...

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Ballycastle man to scale 26 peaks

Picture of Martin Walsh
Ballycastle man Martin Walsh today began a challenge to climb each of Ireland’s tallest mountain peaks. The goal is to...

Monday, 12/08/19 - 11:22am Read More