Town Centre Living - Westport

Architect led tour with Cillian Briody

Tour/ Discussion

Sunday 20th September 2026 

Tours: 14:00 and15:00, Duration 45min

11 Peter St, Cahernamart, Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 D780 

FREE but prebooking is essential via Eventbrite as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest by email to  info@cillianbriodystudio.com

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

Architect led Tour with Cillian Briody Studio on the adaptation of an existing masonry structure at 11 Peter Street, Westport that negotiates the level change between street and garden.

Join us for a talk on the adaptation of a 1920s masonry dwelling in the centre of Westport, with a new cast in-situ concrete and steel extension negotiating the change in level between the street and the garden. 

The project was developed through physical model-making, drawing and digital modelling. The models became a means of testing the relationship between the existing stone building, the new structure and the changing levels of the site. Working physically allowed the form, proportions, openings and connections between old and new to be considered through direct engagement with space and material. The resulting intervention seeks to add to the existing building rather than compete with it, creating a contemporary home that is rooted in the character, scale and particular conditions of Westport.

History and Recent Rethatching of the Thatch Mulranny

Tour / Discussion

Sunday 20th September 2026, 16:00

The Thatch Mulranny

FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest by email to: aine.doyle@gmail.com

Join us for a talk on the history of the only remaining thatched structure in the west Mayo maritime village of Mulranny. Overlooking Clew Bay, with views of Croagh Patrick, the thatch stands on rising ground on the approach from Newport. Originally a dwelling house, it has been cared for by its owners, having undergone restoration and conversion to retail use. Lovingly restored this summer with the careful craftsmanship of thatcher Marika Leen, and with financial assistance from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage administered by Mayo County Council, the talk will focus on the history of the building, typology, construction methods and materials, the challenges facing thatched structures in Ireland today, and grant funding. Áine Doyle, Architectural Conservation Consultant will deliver the talk and Anna Doherty, owner will discuss the significance of the building for her family and for the village of Mulranny.

Limited accessible 

Event supported by;

Mayo County Council, National Built Heritage Service, Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage

On Site at Enniscoe House

Tour / Talk

Wednesday 23rd September 2026, 12:30

Enniscoe House, Prospect, Castlehill, Co. Mayo, F26 EA34

FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest by email to mail@enniscoe.com

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

Join us for a talk with Susan and DJ Kelllett and discover the stories and architecture of this enchanting house hidden in woodland at the foot of Mount Nephin with fine vistas overlooking Lough Conn. Enter through the white gates, past the pink gate lodge and follow the long winding avenue through extensive parkland, to arrive at this Georgian family home built by George Jackson (1717-89) and subsequently enlarged by George Jackson MP (1761- 1805).

Autumn Equinox at North Mayo Heritage Centre Organic Garden

Tour / Talk

Wednesday 23rd September 2026 at 14:30

North Mayo Heritage Centre, Enniscoe, Castlehill, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 FR94

FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest to: nmhmanager@gmail.com 

Join Aine Bell to explore the built and natural architecture of the 19th Century Walled Organic Garden on the Enniscoe Estate.

This event will take a guided walk through the 2-acre organic walled garden, highlighting the historic built structures in the garden and their purpose. The head gardener, Aine Bell, will take you through the history of the garden up to the present day. We will discuss the continued preservation of our heritage apple tree collection along with the introduction of several heritage vegetable varieties aimed at preserving these important Irish varieties, such as the Mayo cabbage. We will conclude with an overview of how we are still making use of this architecture through the work of the garden team to continue to preserve and maintain it as a functioning productive space.

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

This project is supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development and Pobal through the Community Services Programme. 

Wonder Wander Walking Trails - Westport 

Talk & Discussion followed by free guided walk

Thursday 24th September 2026, 4:30pm - 5pm

Westport Library

FREE, no registration required. 

Join Studio Myco and James Grieve Architects in association with Mayo County Council’s Architectural conservation Office to hear more about the Wonder Wander Walking Trails and the new trail currently being developed for Westport.

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage’s Wonder Wander initiative creates community-led, self-guided trails celebrating the distinctive buildings, architectural details, places and stories found within Ireland’s Architectural Conservation Areas.

At the event, the project team will introduce the wider initiative, share how the Westport trail is being developed, and provide a glimpse at some of the buildings, places and local stories emerging for the trail maps.

There will also be an opportunity to share additional knowledge, memories and insights, helping to further shape and enrich the trail before it is finalised.

The completed Westport Wonder Wander Walking Trail will include an interactive map and family-friendly scavenger hunt, encouraging people to glance up, peer down and discover familiar places in new ways, before launching in spring 2027.

The talk will be followed by a free guided walk of the historic planned town of Westport by Westport Historical Society.

On Site at Rosserk Abbey & Moyne Abbey

with Conservation Architect Pat Ruane

Talk / Tour

Friday 25th September 2026, 14:00pm

Moyne Abbey, Abbeylands, Co. Mayo

FREE but prebooking is essential via Eventbrite.

Wheelchair accessible / No

Join us for a talk at Rosserk Abbey & Moyne Abbey with Conservation Architect Pat Ruane as part of the Architecture at the Edge festival of related events that will run in parallel with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway.

Coinciding with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway, Architecture at the Edge with Mayo County Council invites you to a site visit commencing at Rosserk Abbey with Conservation Architect Pat Ruane. Moyne Abbey is 15th century Franciscan friary in North Mayo it was founded and developed in the mid 1400’s and operated until it was burned in 1590. The study focuses on its continuous development and adaptation over this relatively short livespan and resultant details and elements. As a point of comparison and to help position it within the abbey typology we will commence our visit at Rosserk Abbey.

Located along the River Moy, Rosserk Abbey is a compact friary of the Third Order Franciscans, founded around 1440 by a member of the Joyce family. It is just 4km from Killala, County Mayo.

The site is located a short walk from the carpark across rough terrain. There is a stile (a passage over a fence via steps and a narrow gap) that might prove difficult to those with mobility issues.

Supported by the Arts Council Ireland

On Site at Castlebar Post Office

Tour / Talk

Friday 25th September 2026 

Tours at 15:00 and 16:00, (Duration 30min)

Former Castlebar Post Office, Mountain View, Castlebar, F23 A072

FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

Please register your interest to: architecturalconservation@mayococo.ie

Join us for a talk and tour with Philip Prendergast, Architect, Castlebar Municipal District at the former Castlebar Post Office which was designed by John Howard Pentland, Principal Surveyor for the Board of Public Works Ireland from 1891 to 1918. It was built by Messers. Mulligan & Sons, Swinford and first opened its doors in 1904. By 2012 it was no longer in use as a post office and lay vacant. Subsequently purchased by Mayo County Council, in partnership with the Castlebar Community Development Association and Foróige it will provide a dedicated new community youth resource centre. 

The building is being conserved, restored and adapted for its new use by Mayo County Council with funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. The building works by MVS Construction Ltd commenced in Q4 2024 and are due for completion in 2026. 

Wonder Wander Walking Trails - Ballina

Talk & Discussion

Friday 25th September 2026

4:30pm - 5pm

The Clarke Museum of Irish History, Ballina.

Tickets: FREE, no registration required.

Join Studio Myco and James Grieve Architects to hear more about the Wonder Wander Walking Trails and the new trail currently being developed for Ballina.

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage’s Wonder Wander initiative creates community-led, self-guided trails celebrating the distinctive buildings, architectural details, places and stories found within Ireland’s Architectural Conservation Areas.

At the event, the project team will introduce the wider initiative, share how the Ballina trail is being developed, and provide a glimpse at some of the buildings, places and local stories emerging for the trail maps.

There will also be an opportunity to share additional knowledge, memories and insights, helping to further shape and enrich the trail before it is finalised.

The completed Ballina Wonder Wander Walking Trail will include an interactive map and family-friendly scavenger hunt, encouraging people to glance up, peer down and discover familiar places in new ways, before launching in spring 2027.

Help shape the Ballina trail: Community engagement events will take place on Wednesday 26 August 2026 on Pearse Street, 12–2pm, and at Ballina Library, 4–7pm. We’d love to see you there!

Whispers of the Moy:

Ballina Heritage Walking Tour

Tour/ Discussion

25th September 2026 17:00-18:30

The Clarke Museum of Irish History, Pearse Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest by email to clodagh@ballinawalkingtours.com 

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

A guided walking tour through the architectural and human history of Ballina from its foundation to independence led by Ballina Walking Tours.

Join us for a 90-minute guided walking tour through the heart of Ballina, led by local Fáilte Ireland accredited guide Clodagh Fleming. The tour traces the story of Ballina from its foundation on the banks of the River Moy through rebellion, famine, emigration and revolution to independence, told on the streets where it actually happened. Nine stops through the heart of Ballina take in over three hundred years of history and the extraordinary men and women from these streets who left their mark on the world. From the garden of the Clarke Museum of Irish History to the banks of the River Moy where seven centuries of history unfold in one view. Starting and finishing at the Clarke Museum of Irish History, Pearse Street, Ballina. Suitable for all ages. Free as part of Architecture at the Edge Festival 2026.

Clodagh Fleming is a Fáilte Ireland accredited guide and founder of Ballina Walking Tours. A Ballina native, she created Whispers of the Moy to bring the stories of her town to life on the streets where they happened, from its foundation in 1723 through rebellion, famine, revolution and independence.

Cong House – New Build

Architect led Tour with Cillian Briody Studio

Tour / Discussion

Saturday 26th September 2026 

Tours; 14:00 and 15:00 ( Duration 45min)

No. 7 Ashford Pines, Cong, Co. Mayo (Neighbouring Eircode: F31 E167)

Tickets: FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Wheelchair/ limited mobility accessible / no

Talk by Cillian Briody Studio on a home that balances privacy, natural light, material and form to make bright, generous living spaces rooted in their surroundings.

Join us for a talk on a contemporary home that takes its external cues from the surrounding buildings while creating a bright, light-filled interior. The design responds to the challenge of how to create private living spaces while ensuring they remain filled with natural light throughout the day. 

Organised around the relationship between privacy, daylight and the landscape., the design carefully controls views outward while drawing light deep into the plan and was developed through an iterative process of drawing, model-making and material exploration. Physical models were particularly important in understanding how the building would receive and distribute natural light, allowing the size, position and orientation of openings to be tested at different stages of the design. Making became a way of investigating the relationship between the building, the sun and the spaces within it, rather than simply representing a completed design.

 On Site at Heinrich Böll’s Cottage, Dugort and Camille Souter’s Cottage and Studio, Dooagh on Achill Island.

Tour with The Heinrich Böll Association of Heinrich Böll’s cottage, followed by a visit to Camille Souter’s traditional vernacular cottage and studio.  

Date: Saturday 26th September 2026 14:00-16:30

Location : The Heinrich Böll Cottage is located on the outskirts of Dugort village on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

Tickets: FREE but prebooking is essential as spaces are limited.

Please register your interest by email to architecturalconservation@mayococo.ie

Join us for a discussion on the history of the Heinrich Böll cottage, the residencies, how it developed and is managed by a community company. Further to the recent exhibition Fisherwoman, Fisherwoman - Camille Souter & Alberta White at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, we invite you to continue the conversation at Camille Souter’s traditional vernacular cottage and studio which has been recently purchased to discuss ways of approaching its development in a sensitive manner and how it might be managed as an artist’s residency. Her home is one of the oldest and continuously inhabited cottages in Dooagh and her studio is contained within the curtilage of an adjacent cottage. These structures are among the last remaining, dating to the early twentieth century.

The Henrich Böll Association has supported residencies at the Heinrich Böll Cottage Dugort on Achill Island since the 1990s and has launched a campaign to raise funds for the renovation of Camille Souter's home and studio, with a proposal to establish The Camille Souter Artists Residency, in her memory where professional artists will be invited to live and work, with financial support for a given period of time.

On Site at Red Sandstone Quarry

with Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau

Tour

Saturday 26th September 2026, 14:00pm

Location info will be issued to only those registered to join the event. 

Tickets: FREE but prebooking is essential via Eventbrite as spaces are limited.

Wheelchair accessible / No

Join us for a talk at the Red Sandstone Quarry with Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau as part of the Architecture at the Edge festival of related events that will run in parallel with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway.

Coinciding with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway, Architecture at the Edge with Mayo County Council invites you to a site visit commencing at the Red Sandstone Quarry with Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau. Red sandstone and its conglomerates are a common building material in areas of south and north west mayo particularly to the north of Clew Bay. This coastal quarry provides a cross section of materials formation, erosion and extraction. Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau will guide us on a tour of the site to discuss each of these (attendance to quarry visit at participants’ own risk, appropriate footwear recommended)

Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau is the geopark geologist for the Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark based in Tourmakeady which achieved UNESCO Global Geopark status in 2026. He has a background in Physics, a MSc in Geophysics and completed a PhD in 2013 at the Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin.

Event supported by the Arts Council of Ireland (Project Award)

On Site at Corrymore House

Achill Amphitheatre with Archaeologist Micheal Gibbons

Talk/ Tour

Sunday 27th September 2026, 14:00pm

Corrymore House, Achill, Co. Mayo

FREE but prebooking is essential via Eventbrite.

Accessibility The site is located a short walk from the carpark across rough terrain. There is a stile (a passage over a fence via steps and a narrow gap) that might prove difficult to those with mobility issues.

Join us for a talk at Corrymore House, Achill Amphitheatre with Archaeologist Michael Gibbons as part of the Architecture at the Edge festival of related events that will run in parallel with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway.

Coinciding with the Mayo Atlas Work by Aidan Conway Exhibition at the Printworks Gallery, Galway, Architecture at the Edge with Mayo County Council invites you to a site visit at Corrymore House Amphitheatre with archaeologist Michael Gibbons. The Open-Air Theatre at Corrymore House in Achill, commissioned by Major D.J. Freyer and designed by Noel Moffett was built in 1941. Hosting musical and theatrical performances its stepped tiers could accommodate 500 people. Long since abandoned and reclaimed by the landscape the study aims to identify its remnants and explore them through a musical performance. Michael will lead us on a site visit to discuss the history of the site, its people and the theatre itself.

Former Co-Director of the Sites and Monuments Record Office at the Office of Public Works (OPW) and a prominent expert on the ritual, pilgrimage landscapes, and coastal archaeology of western Ireland Michael Gibbons is a renowned Irish field archaeologist based in Clifden, Connemara, County Galway.

Supported by the Arts Council Ireland