The Point
The Point is a shipyard in Ireland. The Point is situated nearby to the museum Clew Bay Heritage Centre, as well as near Clew Bay Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westport House and Boathouse, Westport House.
Westport House
Photo: Laurel Lodged, CC0.
Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, is a Georgian country house, historically the family seat of the Marquess of Sligo and the Brownes. The house was designed by the architect Richard Cassels with later additions by Thomas Ivory and James Wyatt. Westport House is situated 1¼ km east of The Point.
Boathouse, Westport House
Building
Photo: MickReynolds, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boathouse, Westport House is a building, which is situated 580 metres east of The Point.
Westport Town Hall Theatre
Theater building
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Westport Town Hall Theatre, formerly Westport Town Hall, is a community events venue in The Octagon, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Westport Town Hall Theatre is situated 2 km east of The Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westport and Murrisk.
Westport
Photo: donnamarijne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westport is an attractive town in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, with a population of 6,900 in 2022. It was originally Cathair na Mart, "town of the beef cattle", a cattle-mart and trading port in an era when it was much easier to get around by sea than overland.
Murrisk
Village
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murrisk is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, on the south side of Clew Bay, about 8 km west of Westport and 4 km east of Lecanvey. Murrisk lies at the foot of Croagh Patrick and is the starting-point for pilgrims who visit the mountain. Murrisk is situated 6 km southwest of The Point.
Fahy
Village
Fahy is a small village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is approximately 7 kilometres north of Westport and has a national school and Montessori school. The local Catholic church is, together with Kilmeena, in the ecclesiastical parish of Kilmeena-Fahy. Fahy is situated 7 km northeast of The Point.
The Point
- Type: Shipyard
- Category: transportation
- Location: Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.80151° or 53° 48′ 5″ northLongitude
-9.55315° or 9° 33′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C5GRC2W+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 526882284OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=boatyard
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