Westport

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Westport

Total population

6,872

Elevation80 m

Coordinates53.80°, -9.52°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Westport is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for quality of life. It won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition three times in 2001, 2006 and 2008. In 2012 it won the Best Place to Live in Ireland competition run by The Irish Times.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Thomas Gann

British physician, archaeologist and looter (1867–1938)

Thomas Derrig

Irish politician (1897-1956)

Joseph Maher

Irish actor (1933-1998)

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James Hardiman

Irish librarian

John MacBride

Irish republican

Michael Ring

Irish Fine Gael politician

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Charles Magill

Canadian politician

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Joseph Walsh

Archbishop of Tuam

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Michael Browne

Irish bishop

Michael Staines

Irish politician and police commissioner (1885-1955)

Norris Stephen Falla

New Zealand shipping company manager, military leader, aviation promoter

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Rory Brennan

Irish poet

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Séamus Hughes

Irish politician and judge (1952–2022)

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Eugene Melaniphy

Irish footballer (1912-1991)

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Michael Kilroy

Irish politician (1884-1962)

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John J. Carter

Medal of Honor recipient; Oil millionaire

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Westport

Westport House and the Brownes

Sligo, Denis Browne marquess of.* · 1981

Westport House, Co. Mayo, home of the 10th Marquess of Sligo

1953

Sustainable tourism

1995

Westport urban district development plan 1992

Westport (Ireland). Urban District Council. · 1992

Under the shadow

John F. Deane · 1993

Men of the West

Sean Cadden · 2021

An tAthair Mánus Mac Suibhne, sagart ó Mhaigh Eo in Eírí amach 1798

Pádraig Ó Móráin · 1999

The good samaritans

Anthony J. Jordan · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Devil's-bit Scabious

Succisa pratensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-09-13

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-13

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-09-12

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Seen 2026-09-12

hedge bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Seen 2026-09-12

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-12

deer fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Seen 2026-09-11

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers