Scale model of Westport Town and Quay
This model is used by the guides to illustrate the history and development of the town of Westport from the 16th centuary untill the present day!
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Ireland's Struggle for Independence
This section contains original artefacts relating to Major John MacBride and his wife Maud Gonne, (inspiration of the love poetry of W B Yeats); autographs, books of Prisoners of War and various items from War of Independence and Civil War.
Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) and the O'Malley Clan
The original rulers of this part of Mayo, Westport House and the Brownes.
The display shows the family tree of the Brownes and shows the O'Malley connections
Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick, renowned for its Patrician Pilgrimage in honour of Saint Patrick's fast on the mountain for forty days in 441AD, and now recognised as a place of tremendous importance in the pre-Christian era.
The Port of Westport
Up to the coming of the Railway in the 1870's, this was the main port for Mayo.