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unusual facts about Westport, County Mayo


Aror, Kenya

The town has suffered from famine, Aror is twinned with Westport in the Republic of Ireland, the people of Westport often donate money to the people of Aror to help with infrastructure.


1906 Intercalated Games

For his accomplishments he was presented with a ceremonial javelin by King Georgios I. This javelin is still on display in a local pub near Sheridan's hometown in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland.

Adamsville, Rhode Island

The nearby Rhode Island Red Monument, built in 1925, at the intersection of Adamsville Road, Westport Harbor Road and Main Street is a granite monument to the Rhode Island Red Chicken, the official state bird.

Andrew Houston

Andrew Houston (Born March 23, 1846 – ?? ) was born in Doonbreeda, Nephin, County Mayo; later moving to Rossendale, credited as the Rossendale Bard.

Baron Monteagle

The second creation, in the Peerage of Ireland, was in 1760 when John Browne was made Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo.

Battle of Collooney

A long-anticipated French landing to assist the Irish rebellion had taken place on 22 August, when almost 1,100 troops under the command of General Humbert landed at Cill Chuimín Strand, Killala Bay, County Mayo.

Carr Lowrey Glass Company

Located on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in a neighborhood named Westport, Samuel Carr and William Lowrey established their company to create glass bottles for the pharmaceutical and perfume industries.

Carrowmore Lake

Carrowmore Lake is situated in the parishes of Kiltane and Kilcommon Erris, County Mayo between the villages of Bangor Erris and Barnatra at the southern end of Broadhaven Bay.

Charles E. Kearney

He moved to Kansas City in 1852 where he outfitted travelers on the Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail from Westport, Missouri.

Chorus Communications

NTL also own the remaining MMDS licences (for cells covering counties Dublin, Galway, Mayo, and Waterford).

Don Allum

In September 1987 Allum completed his westward crossing of the Atlantic, from St John's, Newfoundland to Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

Dooega

Bus Éireann route 440, Dooagh-Westport-Knock Airport, serves Dooega on Thursdays only providing one journey in each direction.

George F. Keane

They lived in Westport, Connecticut, and have three children, the oldest of which is composer and producer Brian Keane.

Guerrilla Phase of the Irish Civil War

They held out in areas such as the western part of counties Cork and Kerry in the south, County Wexford in the east and counties Sligo and Mayo in the west.

H. Rap Brown

Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography, Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill Books, 1969; London: Allison & Busby, 1970.

Harlow S. Orton

In 1858, Orton was again elected to the Assembly, succeeding Democrat Frank Gault in a 5th District which now included the Towns of Dane, Vienna, Westport, Springfield, Middleton, and Madison (but only the 1st Ward of the City of Madison), and described his profession as "Capt. of the Dane Cavalry"; he was assigned to the standing committees on the judiciary and the militia.

Harry Epworth Allen

In April 2013, two of Allens' paintings, dating from 1942 and 1943, of scenes in Achill Island, County Mayo, were featured on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow.

Hennelly

Hennelly is a surname common to County Mayo in Ireland.

Inish Glora

(Disambiguation: For the island off the west coast of Erris, Mayo, Ireland, see Inishglora)

Irish Hunger Memorial

The cottage at the memorial is from Carradoogan in the parish of Attymass in County Mayo.

James Maley

He was born in 1908, one of six children born to Ned Maley, a native of County Mayo and Anne Sherlock from Glasgow, and raised in Stevenson Street in the Calton district of Glasgow.

Jocelyn de Angulo

He is the ancestor of the Costello/Mac Goisdelbach, Mac Jordan Duff, Mac Phillip, de Bhaldraithe/Mac Bhaldrin/Waldron clans of County Mayo.

John-Joe O'Toole

O'Toole qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents, who were born in Mayo.

KABW

KLWA, a radio station (101.3 FM) licensed to serve Westport, Washington, United States, which held the call sign KABW from 2005 to 2010

Kettle Creek State Park

Kettle Creek State Park is seven miles (10 km) north of Westport and Pennsylvania Route 120.

Lacky Ó Máille

Ó Máille, called "the troubled friar" by Brien O'Rourke, was a native of Partry, County Mayo.

Lady of Knock

The song tells of the story of Knock in County Mayo, Ireland when the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.

Land War

The first "monster meeting" (a huge rally) of tenant farmers was held on 20 April 1879 near Claremorris in County Mayo.

Louis Moyse

He continued giving private lessons in Westport, New York while touring with his wife Janet White Moyse, of 33 years, around the world and the United States.

Margaret Burke Sheridan

Born in Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland, she was known as Maggie from Mayo and is regarded as Ireland's second prima donna (after Catherine Hayes (1818-1861)).

Martin Birrane

Born in Ballina, County Mayo in 1935, and educated at St. Muredach's College, in Ballina, Birrane made his money in property development.

MGWR Class D

They were originally planned for use on the Mullingar to Sligo mail trains, however they were poor steamers and proved to be underpowered for this work being transferred soon afterwards to the Westport – Achill branch line in western County Mayo — a highly scenic line which passed through the small town of Newport and the village of Mallaranny before reaching the western seaboard at Achill Sound.

MV Clew Bay Queen

Further success here, led to larger vessels being purchased and she moved south as the Clare Island ferry in County Mayo.

North–South Port Link

The Port Klang flyover above Jalan Kem was supposed to make driving between Westport and Northport faster and more convenient, but it has instead become a danger to motorists.

Richard Douthwaite

He built concrete boats at a cooperative in Port Antonio, Jamaica in the early 1970s and was then government statistician in the British Caribbean colony of Montserrat for two years before moving to Ireland (near Westport) to write and campaign about climate and energy issues and local economic development.

Robert Fair

Born in Keelognes, parish of Turlough, County Mayo, Ireland, Fair ran as a Social Credit candidate was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 Canadian federal election defeating incumbent Member of Parliament Henry Elvins Spencer.

Ronnie Gibbons

Although born in Wandsworth, Gibbons was eligible for the Republic of Ireland as her grandparents were from Galway and County Mayo.

Scott Simms

Scott Simms is also now known by a number of people who live on the west coast of Ireland following the epic voyage of one of his election posters across the Atlantic Ocean to Keem Bay in the village of Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo.

Smallbrook Junction railway station

Another similar station is Manulla Junction in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland - that however allows interchange between two national network rail routes, rather than between a network route and a heritage route.

Spencer Fox

He attended Farragut Middle School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut.

Stephen D. Houston

From 1978–79 he spent a year as an exchange student at Edinburgh University, Scotland, where he participated in his first field trips, excavating Mesolithic and Neolithic bog sites in Offaly and Mayo counties, Ireland, and at a Bronze Age henge near Strathallan, Scotland.

Taylor Pond Wild Forest

Other parts of the Wild Forest are in the towns of Ausable, Peru, and Saranac in Clinton County, and the towns of Chesterfield, Elizabethtown, Essex, Jay, Lewis, St. Armand, Westport and Willsboro in Essex County.

The Ballroom of Romance

The film was shot on location in Ballycroy, County Mayo as by 1982 the ballroom which William Trevor had originally written about had been modernized and no longer resembled a dance hall typical of 1950s Ireland.

The Last Furlong

A backup band is hired and, joined by Margaret’s boyfriend John Ford (Simon Keogh) and his friend Sean Flanagan (Domhnall Gleeson), Diogo and The Fandango’s begin a tour of Ireland’s graveyards and other lesser-known legendary venues including Ballymore Eustace, Roscommon, Strokestown, Ballaghderreen, Ballagh and Westport.

The Tunnel of Love

In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency.

Tourmakeady College

Tourmakeady College (Irish: Coláiste Mhuire Tuar Mhic Éadaigh) is an Irish-speaking voluntary secondary school in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland.

Westport, Massachusetts

Companies that provide wireless service to the Westport area include (in alphabetical order) AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.

In the November United States Election of 2012, 59% voted for Barack Obama, and 39% voted for Mitt Romney, with the new Massachusetts state senator, Elizabeth Warren edging out former Senator Scott Brown in the election.


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