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Castlebar

Castlebar is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th-century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, Castlebar is now a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. Wikipedia

Population 12,068 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Still gathering the markets around Castlebar. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Castlebar Summer Fest

    August

    Castlebar Summer Fest is at the start of August

  2. Castlebar Song Contest

    October

    The Castlebar Song Contest was an annual international song contest that was first staged in 1966 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The contest was initially organised by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce as part of a drive to increase tourism in the town.

    Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Castlebar); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 21 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.