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  • Become a Mayo Dark Sky Champion 2022

    Become a Mayo Dark Sky Champion 2022

    Dark Sky Champion Workshops For Tourism and Hospitality Trade in Mayo Supported by Failte Ireland in partnership with Mayo Dark Sky Park and Blackrock Castle Observatory Mayo is home to Ireland’s only Gold Tier International Dark Sky Park.With easy access sites from the Clew Bay and the Wild Atlantic Way, this visitor attraction has caught…

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  • Women in Dark Skies

    Women in Dark Skies

    Our new series of web talks “Women in Dark Skies” starts appropriately on St Brigid’s Day. Our first speaker of the year is Dajana Bjelarac, Founder of “Carpe Noctem” in Serbia – an NGO established to tackle environmental light pollution. Dajana’s talk is titled “Defending the dark skies with resourcesfulness and creativity” Join Us from…

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  • Mayo Dark Sky Social Weekend!

    Mayo Dark Sky Social Weekend!

    The Ballycroy Visitor Centre will be closing for the season on Sunday October 31st. To mark the occasion and coincide with Halloween and what would normally have been the Mayo Dark Sky Festival weekend, some special events have been organised as below and in the image. Friday – 29th October 7pm – Dark Sky Social evening…

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  • Announcement – Mayo Dark Sky Park

    Announcement – Mayo Dark Sky Park

    ​Following a successful application for funding to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund in 2019, the NPWS in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and Mayo County Council have plans for the design of two new visitor experiences in the Mayo Dark Sky Park (Wild Nephin National Park). Research and scientific and environmental assessments have been undertaken…

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  • Space Week 2021 (4th – 10th October)

    Space Week 2021 (4th – 10th October)

    Join us in Ballycroy for a self-guided looped walk especially for Space Week. Find out what makes our precious Peatland Ecosystems so similar to “Our Place in Space” and how protecting our local habitats will also help keep our world habitable. You can download this special booklet launched for Space Week 2021 Below: 

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