WHAT TO DO IN AND AROUND FOXFORD

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The Father Peyton Memorial Centre

The Father Peyton Memorial Centre

Attymass
The Father Peyton Memorial Centre is a place of respite, prayer and peace located in the village of Attymass, between the beautiful Attymass Lake and the scenic Ox Mountains.

Foxford Woollen Mills

Foxford Woollen Mills

Foxford
One of the town’s highlights is the Foxford Woollen Mills, one of the last working mills in Ireland producing vibrantly coloured wool which is then transformed into magnificent works of wearable art. Established in 1892, it was the brainchild of Agnes Morrogh-Bernard, a Sister of Charity, who was charged with the task of founding a convent in Foxford.

North East Mayo & Moy Valley

North East Mayo & Moy Valley

There is something profoundly literary about the life of a salmon. Born into the waters of a river, they head to the mouth of the river at a young age, fattening up and preparing for the changes in water salinity that they will experience as adults.