We are thrilled to officially share that Mayo Dark Sky Park at Wild Nephin National Park is proud recipient of International Dark Sky Place of the Year award from DarkSky International. With over 220 dark sky places around the world, this is a very significant achievement.
We’ve been busy in the 8 years since Mayo Dark Sky Park was officially recognised as a Gold Tier International Dark Sky Park. Whilst we have the privilege of very dark skies at the National Park site, we recognise that light pollution is ever increasing and we plan to mitigate this further to work with our communities and local authorities to eventually make Mayo a dark sky county.
This award recognises work done so far within and beyond the National Park boundaries, in collaboration with communities of Newport, Mulranny & Ballycroy Receiving such an amazing accolade will spur on these collaborations to achieve our goal to promote dark skies via partnerships and education.
Read more on the award here in our official Press Release: https://www.npws.ie/news/mayo-international-dark-sky-park-wins-international-award
There are lots of projects and events in the pipeline for 2025 but meantime we wish to the this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their for the support and to wishes a HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!
Georgia MacMillan
Mayo Dark Sky Park Development Officer
IRC Employment Based PhD Scholar in partnership with NPWS and University of Galway
Mayo Dark Sky Park / Wild Nephin National Park
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An accredited International Dark Sky Park with the Dark Sky International