About Westport
Westport, Cathair na Mart in Irish, is a town in County Mayo, 66 km north-west of Galway, with 6,872 people at the 2022 census. It stands on the N5, N59 and R309. The map gives it 4,871 buildings and 112 named streets, with 274 places named on them in 105 kinds, and 135 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the third largest of the 99 settlements this site covers in County Mayo.
- Population
- 6,872 at the 2022 census
- Where
- 66 km north-west of Galway, 221 km from Dublin
- Position
- 53.8001° N, 9.5202° W, 80 m above sea level
- Roads
- N5, N59, R309, R330, R335, L1801, L1802 and L1805
- Governed
- Mayo County Council, in the province of Connacht
- Twinned with
- Plougastel-Daoulas, France
- On the model
- 4,871 buildings, 112 streets, 274 named places in 105 kinds
Westport in order
3 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the fifteenth century to the 1730s. That is not a history of Westport, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.
- the fifteenth centuryMurrisk AbbeyHistoric churches · 8.1 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- 1469Burrishoole AbbeyAbbeys · 11 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- the 1730sWestport HouseCastles · 1.0 km from the centre
County Mayo since 1841
Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.
Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.
What to see
Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.
- Westport Discover Ireland Centre130 mTourist offices
- Seán Mac Giolla Bríde140 mMonuments
- Western Way190 mInformation boards
- Westport Parkrun280 mInformation boards
- Glendenning Monument310 mMonuments
- Westport Playground410 mPlaygrounds
- Deaf Hugh's Well750 mMonuments
- Westport House1.0 kmCastles
- The Bog Field1.0 kmPlaygrounds
- Grace's Island Sand Pit1.3 kmPlaygrounds
- Pirate Queen1.3 kmAttractions
- The Pirate's Den1.4 kmPlaygrounds
Getting around
The map records the N5, N59, R309, R330, R335, L1801, L1802 and L1805 running through Westport. 12 car parks on the map.
There is a station in the settlement. 6 lines call at 8 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.
9 school or colleges on the map.
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Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q1017331). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.