Visitor Center: Free Exhibition, Café & Tóchar Daithí Bán Trail Enjoy a leisurely walk along a 2km looped trail at Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park Visitor
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Camping Policy No accommodation services are provided within the National Park itself but visitors are welcome to camp under the following conditions. For visitors who
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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
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“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.
It's the time of year again when the butterflies are on the wing. These incredible creatures go through such an amazing transformation from a tiny egg to their adult form as a fluttering beauty! Our Education Team has put together
IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE In line with new Government measures to combat COVID19 National Parks & Nature Reserves are: Open for locals who live within 2km Car parks are closed - local pedestrian access only For household groups only Maintain 2m
Want to learn a little about the common frog? You may see more frogs about at this time of year and if you are lucky enough you may come across some frogspawn in a pond in your garden, local park
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