A vibrant community, a safe environment, and friendly people, together with good-quality housing, attractive leisure facilities, good health and education facilities, and an expansive range of leisure activities, all combine to make Castlebar an exciting place to live.

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Castlebar has all of these attributes in abundance. Examples include:

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• High-quality housing developments, Well-maintained housing estates and streetscapes, Community and District Resident Associations, Youth Centres, Men’s sheds, and active retirement groups. Award-winning Tidy Towns Team.

• University Hospital, Primary Care Centre, three nursing homes, Mayo Roscommon Hospice facility, Private Doctor and Dentist Practices.

• 3rd-level education GMIT Campus, three 2nd-level schools, 10 national schools, Educate Together, a Gaelscoil and Adult Education facilities.

• New, 8-lane, 25-metre swimming pool, Boxing Centre of Excellence, Tennis Dome, McHale Park (GAA), Milebush and Celtic Park (Soccer). Rugby grounds. A further 10 GAA and Soccer grounds are available as part of the town’s hinterland.

• 10KM Greenway including Lough Lannagh.

• 18-hole Parkland Golf Course.

• Retail multiples and local shops, including artisan food, pubs and restaurants.

• Home to former Taoiseach, EU Commissioner, Ministers, Seanad Cathaoirleach, Inventor – Louis Brennan, Soprano – Margaret Burke-Sheridan, Internationally acclaimed writer – Sally Rooney and Jewellery Designer – Nigel O’Reilly.

• Arts Centre, TF Royal Theatre (second largest in the country – outside Dublin). The Connaught Telegraph is the oldest newspaper in the country.

• Family Centre for counselling services, Western Care, and Church/Faith-led support charities.

 

Of course, you know all this already, as you live here, but maybe you are evaluating a move, so now you have every reason why Castlebar should be your top number one choice.