1469 AD witnessed the foundation of Burrishoole Friary by Richard de Burgo of Turlough, Lord MacWilliam Oughter, whose Dominican monastery would overlook the strategic harbor that would later become Newport (Irish: Baile Uí Fhiacháin - pronounced "BAH-leh EE HEE-akh-awn") on t…
Newport is a small place in County Mayo. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.