“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.
A section of the Western Way and the entire townlands of Altnabrocky and Muingaghel within the Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park are closed each day until 12 noon from: Friday the 6th December 2019 until Friday the 13th December 2019
The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates for guide positions around the country including Temporary Guides for Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park. Details of how
The Visitor Centre for the National Park celebrates its tenth anniversary and will mark the occasion by announcing a unique public art opportunity. Under the Per Cent for Art Scheme, the OPW will commission a new work in collaboration with
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