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Belmullet is a town
lying on the Mullet Peninsula in the Erris region of North West
Mayo. This busy market town looks out onto two bays - Broadhaven Bay
to the north and Blacksod Bay to the south. These two bays are
linked by Carter's canal which runs through the town.
Local landlord, William Carter, founded Belmullet around 1825 and it
quickly developed into the principle town in the barony of Erris.
Today Belmullet is the main shopping and recreation centre for the
Erris region. It is well served with a good choice of shops,
restaurants, pubs, hotels, cafés and more. Officially Belmullet is
part of the Mayo Gaeltacht although english is widely spoken
nowadays. Nevertheless the area plays host to students enrolled in
local Irish language summer schools.
Belmullet boasts a modern Arts Centre - Aras Inis Gluarie. Its aim
is to become the leading bilingual arts centre in Ireland. As well
as serving as the towns library and art gallery, the centre has a
state of the art theatre, which has seen many top artists perform in
the town.
The area around Bellmullet is popular for fishing - both fresh-water
and sea-angling. Blacksod bay is renowned for tope, ray, monkfish,
gurnard, flatfish and cod. There are registered charter boats
available with experienced local skippers, who know the best fishing
grounds. The waters around Bellmullet hold national records for
several varieties of fish. Cross Lake located on the western side of
the Mullet Peninsula is a spring fed lake with good supplies of both
rainbow and brown trout. Shore and boat angling is permitted - boat
hire and permits are available at the lakeshore
The fabulous Carne Golf Links near Belmullet was the the swan song
of late Eddie Hackett - the legendary golf course designer. The
course lies on the Mullet peninsula, amidst huge sand dunes with
panoramic views across Blacksod Bay to the Atlantic islands of Inis
Gloire and Inis Geidhewild. This 6,700-yard links is not a simple
out and back affair. Each nine wends its way back to the clubhouse –
the holes snake up and down through the dunes in all directions. And
as with any coastal course, the wind always plays its part. |
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