The Octagon Westport 9.9.2014
Views from The Octagon, Westport. 9.9.2014
The Octagon, an eight-sided space at the junction of three major streets, was probably designed c. 1767 by William Leeson, who was also resposible for the Market House. The 3rd Earl of Altamont built a theatre on this “square” c.1785.
The octagonal plinth and column dominating the Octagon were erected in 1843 to support a statue of George Clendining (1770 – 1843), the local vicar’s son, whose entrepreneurial skills as an agent for both Lord Sligo and the Bank of Ireland made him a very wealthy man and were a huge asset in the rapid development of Westport during the early C19th. The sculptor is unknown.
During the Civil War, Irish Free State troops housed in the Town Hall used the statue for target practice and shot off the head. In 1943 the local authority removed the statue, crests and inscription.
In 1990 the vacant column was reoccupied by a rather Roman looking statue of Saint Patrick, crafted from Portland stone by the sculptor Ken Thompson.
The old Market House is an impressive structure with a pediment clock and an octagonal cuppola.
Nº1 the Octagon, owned by the Clendenning family until 1859, is now Dunnings Cyberpub, Restaurant, Guest House & Bureau de Change.
Octagon House, originally belonging to John W. Burke, Paymaster-in-Chief RN, and noted for its garden and orchards, was afterwards purchased for the Town Hall, and is currently undergoing restoration s a theatre.
In St. Patrick's Footsteps - Irish Version. (1950)
Full title reads: In St. Patrick's Footsteps.
Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland.
GV Pilgrims congregating around St. Patrick's statue at foot of Croagh Patrick. CU St. Patrick pan down to pilgrims. GV Pilgrims making way up mountainside. SV Pan two men walking up mountain. SV Back view women's feet walking through mud. CU Pan feet walking through mud. LV Towards pilgrims ascending mountain. SV Pilgrims kneeling at first station. CU Two pilgrims kneeling at first station. SV Pilgrims ascending in the mist. SV Young woman followed by old woman with stick climbing mountain. GV Mist-covered summit of mountain. CU Woman's bare feet walking over rocks. SV Back view pilgrims ascending over rocks. CU Rosary dangling by feet as they walk over rocks. SV Pilgrims ascending near summit. GV Pilgrims walking around Chapel on summit. SV Woman kisses crucifix and replaces it at second station. SV Pilgrims walking round chapel. GV From summit pan to pilgrims descending.
(Orig.Neg.) (Special For Ireland) Different voiceover and few extra shots of pilgrims.
FILM ID:1480.29
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In St. Patrick's Footsteps (1950)
Full title reads: In St. Patrick's Footsteps.
Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland.
GV Pilgrims congregating around St. Patrick's statue at foot of Croagh Patrick. CU St. Patrick pan down to pilgrims. GV Pilgrims making way up mountainside. SV Pan two men walking up mountain. SV Back view women's feet walking through mud. CU Pan feet walking through mud. LV Towards pilgrims ascending mountain. SV Pilgrims kneeling at first station. CU Two pilgrims kneeling at first station. SV Pilgrims ascending in the mist. SV Young woman followed by old woman with stick climbing mountain. GV Mist-covered summit of mountain. CU Woman's bare feet walking over rocks. SV Back view pilgrims ascending over rocks. CU Rosary dangling by feet as they walk over rocks. SV Pilgrims ascending near summit. GV Pilgrims walking around Chapel on summit. SV Woman kisses crucifix and replaces it at second station. SV Pilgrims walking round chapel. GV From summit pan to pilgrims descending.
(Orig.Neg.) (Note: Similar material used in Irish Special 50/63)
FILM ID:1480.25
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Pilgrims Flock To Ireland's Holy Mountain (1949)
Full title reads: Pilgrims Flock To Ireland's Holy Mountain.
Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland.
GV Mount Croagh Patrick with statue of St. Patrick surrounded by pilgrims.
MV Pilgrims walking round statue. LV pilgrims starting ascent. Mountain in background.
MV Back view man and girl trudging up steep incline. SV Feet on rocky incline.
MV Two-way traffic of pilgrims. MV Pilgrims at first station.
MV Bare-foot man and others walking around station.
MV Towards woman holding rosary climbing with aid of stick. MV Chapel.
SV Women kneeling before chapel as others walk around.
MV Pilgrims kneeling before chapel. LV Bayan Island shrouded in mist.
LV sheep running down mountainside.
LV Chapel with pilgrims ascending and descending.
See also Irish Special in 49/63.
FILM ID:1419.39
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NO to Gold Mining on Croagh Patrick, Murrisk, Westport, Mayo, Ireland 1989
A short clip taken from the RTE News in 1989-1990.
Celebrations by the locals against the mining for gold on Croagh Patrick (The Reek), and its surrounding area. Edit by Idle Wall.
Pilgrims Flock To Ireland's Holy Mountain (1949)
Full title reads: Pilgrims Flock To Ireland's Holy Mountain.
Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland.
LV of Croagh Patrick's Peak.
GV Mount Croagh Patrick with statue of St. Patrick surrounded by pilgrims.
MV Pilgrims walking round statue. LV pilgrims starting ascent. Mountain in background.
MV Back view man and girl trudging up steep incline. SV Feet on rocky incline.
MV Two-way traffic of pilgrims. MV Pilgrims at first station.
MV Bare-foot man and others walking around station.
VS of pilgrim on knees around one site of pilgrimage. VS of pilgrims climbing up to chapel. MV Towards woman holding rosary climbing with aid of stick. More shots of pilgrim.
MV Chapel. SV Women kneeling before chapel as others walk around.
MV Pilgrims kneeling before chapel. LV Bayan Island shrouded in mist.
LV sheep running down mountainside. LV Chapel with pilgrims ascending and descending. More shots of pilgrims coming down.
VS people wash bare feet in mountain stream. CU shoes damaged by climb.
GV of Croagh Peak.
FILM ID:1419.41
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Princess Grace Makes Croagh Patrick Pilgrimage AKA Princess Grace's Irish Pilgrimage (1961)
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
Pan shot with procession of cars as they arrive at foot of mountain. MS Princess Grace (formerly Grace Kelly) getting out of car, pan as she walks away waving to crowd. MS Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, pan to crowd. Various shots, Rainiers as they climb the mountain in pilgrimage accompanied by Archbishop Walsh of Tuam. MS Pan with Princess Grace as she takes water from the font at the base of St Patrick's statue. MS St Patrick's statue. MS Battery of press cameramen. MS Prince Rainier takes water from font and with Princess Grace, admires scenery. LS Crowd. Various shots, party descend mountain. MS Rainiers take tea and chat to crowd. Pan shot, couple enter cars and drive away past cheering crowds of villagers. LS Mountain through trees with signpost pointing to Croagh Patrick. LS Mountain through tree with signpost pointing to Croagh Patrick.
Note: Date on original paperwork reads: 15/06/1961.
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Ireland & Northern Ireland, November 2019
Scenes from my GLOBUS tour of Ireland and Northern Ireland, November of 2019.
All footage shot with DJI Spark drone.
:06 Connemara Region
:40 Rathbaun Farm
1:31 Saints Peter & Paul's Church, Athlone
2:06 River Corrib, Galway
2:46 The Long Walk, Galway
3:03 St. Patrick Statue, Westport
3:10 The Guildhall, Derry, Northern Ireland
4:08 The Peace Bridge, Derry, Northern Ireland
4:11 St. Columb's Cathedral, Derry, Northern Ireland
4:56 St. Augustine's Church, Derry City Walls, Northern Ireland
5:09 Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
9:43 Titanic Experience, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10:10 Carlingford,
11:25 Dublin
11:57 The Custom House, Dublin
12:52 Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin
Soundtrack: A Quiet Thought, Wayne Jones
Croagh Patrick Mountain, County Mayo 1921
A short clip of Croagh Patrick Mountain in County Mayo on Reek Sunday 1921, taken by Pathe News.
IRELAND HILL OF TARA ST PATRICK MVI 4966
Croagh Patrick - reek sunday
Full DVD available at amazon...
A guide to walking up Croagh Patrick in Mayo. Includes footage from reek sunday. Available in HD.
KILMAINE ST PATRICKS DAY 2019
ST PATRICKS DAY 2019
CO MAYO IRELAND
St Patrick's Grave, Down Cathedral, Downpatrick
For more click It is believed St Patrick's Grave is located at this spot in the graveyard at Down Cathedral - the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided -
Church of Ireland Cathedral in Downpatrick
The grave is marked by a huge piece of Mourne Mountain Granite
Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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Croagh Patrick Descent
Descending the cone of Croagh Patrick. 1.2.2015
CROAGH PATRICK MOUNTAIN mid 80's early 90's. Edit by Idle Wall.
Here is a short clip of Croagh Patrick, (the Reek), taken from two different television programs :
1) A Sense of wonder & 2) Songs of praise.
Croagh Patrick is a 764 metres mountain and an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo in Ireland. It is 8 kilometres from Westport, above the villages of Murrisk and Lecanvey.
Edit by Idle Wall.
Harry Hughes: Croagh Patrick Stations
Harry Hughes talks about the prayer stations on Croagh Patrick at the Kelly Family Clan meeting held in the Castlecourt Hotel, Westport. 15.5.2015
Celtic Soul: On The Open Road 4
Celtic Soul Extra: Jay Baruchel and Eoin O'Callaghan joke around on the road during their #CelticRoadtrip through Canada, Ireland, and Scotland.
See additional footage from our documentary feature Celtic Soul at celticsoul.ca, and check back every Wednesday as we release a new video from Jay and Eoin's #CelticRoadtrip!
Celtic Soul follows Canadian actor and funny man Jay Baruchel on an epic road trip through Canada, Ireland and Scotland with his new friend, well-known Irish soccer journalist Eoin O’Callaghan. It’s a story that spans 200 years of colorful history and that will take the duo eastward from Montreal to Westport, Ireland – where Jay’s ancestors set sail for Canada, like so many others – and finally Glasgow, where Jay will fulfill a lifelong dream: to watch a match at Celtic Park, one of the wildest and most hallowed grounds in world football.
Transcription:
Eoin O’Callaghan: I fuckin hate Ireland. Full a fuckin potato fuckin chewing fuckin St. Patrick’s.
Jay Baruchel: I fuckin hate Ireland.
Eoin O’Callaghan: Fuckin Gandalfs.
Ireland in the 1950's -- Film 7622
Dublin, Ireland. The Liffey River. Phoenix Park, Wellington Memorial and Presidential House. Eden Quay and the Four Courts. Georges Quay and the Custom House, Trinity College and the Bank of Ireland. Rotunda and Parnell Statue. St Patricks Cathedral. O'Connel Bridge. O'Connell Street. Street scenes. Pedestrians and buses. Nelson Pillar. People in cage looking at view.
Ann Doyle: Westport KO Rathmines
Ann Doyle at the 3rd Annual Meetwest network conference held in Knockranney House Hotel, Westport on 21/22 November 2013. Video 21.11.2013
Patrick Sweeney: Molly's
Patrick Sweeney talks about his sweet and gift shop with a Little Museum Of Mayo to the rear located at Castlebar Street, Westport,. 29.11.2015