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From: "Jean R." <>
Subject: [Irish-in-UK] Belmullet's Thriving New Community,Remote region of Co. Mayo
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:58:14 -0700
SNIPPET: Author Christopher MORIARTY, who is a regular contributor to
Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine with his interesting column,
'By-Ways rather than Highways' -- "In 1988 we took the road to the north
coast of County Mayo and later were even more adventurous and travelled
westwards through the bogland of Bangor Erris. But we never reached quite as
far as the extraordinary peninsula of the Mullet. Nearly fifty years ago, I
lodged on my first visit there in the bleak B&B which was the only
accommodation on offer. The Mullet was wild and windswept and it remains
that way. But now there is a thriving community, a splendid new hotel and a
good range of accommodation, so that Belmullet can be recommended as a base
for a holiday in one of the least frequented and most remote regions of
Ireland."
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