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A walk in Drummin Wood

Drummin Wood near Pontoon, Co Mayo, is a forest walk with lake and mountain views. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Drummin Wood near Pontoon, Co Mayo, is a forest walk with lake and mountain views. Photo: Anthony Hickey

Drummin Wood near Pontoon has one of the most scenic forest walking trails in Mayo with lake and mountain views to complement the wonderful woodland scenes.

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Book recalls Mayo’s forgotten miners

'The Forgotten Irish' by Sean Carney tells the story of Irish mining village of Maltby in South Yorkshire.
'The Forgotten Irish' by Sean Carney tells the story of Irish mining village of Maltby in South Yorkshire.

Mayo men and women feature in a new book that tells the extraordinary story of the Irish mining community in South Yorkshire in the 20th century. The Forgotten Irish was written by Sean Carney, the son of a Donegal emigrant, who grew up in the Irish mining village of Maltby in South Yorkshire, England. The […]

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Mayo poet and Abbey Theatre director remembered in new book

F. R. Higgins - Oil on Canvas by Sean O'Sullivan. Photo courtesy Abbey Theatre, Dublin
F. R. Higgins - Oil on Canvas by Sean O'Sullivan. Photo courtesy Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Arlen House, in partnership with Poetry Ireland and the author’s relatives, is celebrating the poetry of F.R. Higgins with the publication of his ‘Father and Son: Selected Poems’, to be launched in his birthplace, Foxford, on Tuesday, 10th September. There will also be book launches in Dublin and Meath and a copy is also being […]