“Indeed the Nephinbeg range of mountains is I think the very loneliest place in this country”
– Robert Lloyd Praeger (1937) The Way That I Went
Ballycroy National Park is Ireland’s sixth National Park and located on the Western seaboard in northwest Mayo. It comprises of 11,000 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and mountainous terrain, covering a vast uninhabited and unspoilt wilderness dominated by the Nephin Beg mountain range.
To the west of the mountains is the Owenduff bog. This is one of the last intact active blanket bog systems in Ireland and Western Europe and is an important scientific and scenic feature of the National Park. Ballycroy National Park is part of the Natura 2000 Network, which protects rare and important habitats and species under the EU Habitats and Birds Directive.
Dan O Donoghue, Storyteller and Magician, will perform a candlelit hour of Folktales of Mayo featuring Ghosts, Fairies and the Nightsky. In celebration of Earth Hour 2018 and the Mayo Dark Sky Park, these stories will be interspersed with feats
The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht are inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Head Guide (temporary) at Ballycroy National Park. Please see the following link for further
The Visitor Centre for Ballycroy National Park will reopen for the 2018 on Friday 16th of March. We would like to remind visitors that there are no entrance fees for the National Park Visitor Centre and this includes viewing the
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