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Mayo is now home to Ireland’s first International Dark Sky Park, showcasing some of the darkest, most pristine skies in the world. Nestled between the remote Nephin Mountain Range and the unspoiled Atlantic coastline, the Dark Sky Park extends across an area of 150km2. Its borders encompass the lands of Wild Nephin National Park.
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Mayo Dark Sky Park is a great example of a collaborative...
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Mayo Dark Sky Park is situated in the heart of the Bay Coast...
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Mayo Dark Sky Park is a great example of a collaborative project between our communities, National Parks & Wildlife Service, Coillte, ATU Mayo Campus, South West Mayo Development and Mayo County Council. We are extremely proud of the strong partnership formed between local people and state agencies who worked together on this project. The ...
Astronomy is a fun and rewarding pastime, and getting started is easy! Here are your 10 first steps to get you going: Print a star chart for the current month or print out and assemble our downloadable Planisphere (star wheel), instructions are included in the download. Learn to navigate the night sky. At each time of the year, there are ...
May 5, 2016 · Mayo Dark Sky Park, encompassing Wild Nephin National Park, comprises about 15,000 hectares of protected lands in the Owenduff/Nephin Mountains area of the Barony of Erris in northwest County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. The Park protects one of the largest expanses of peatland in Europe and supports a diversity of species in a unique habitat; it ...
Ballycroy is the first national park in the country to be named an International Dark Sky Park, building on the success of Kerry’s Iveragh Peninsula, which the Arizona-based IDA named Ireland’s first International Dark Sky Reserve in 2014.
May 5, 2021 · Mayo’s Dark Sky Park celebrates five years. Today, May 5th 2021 marks the 5th anniversary of the official creation of Mayo International Dark Sky Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty which adds another aspect to the already stunning Wild Nephin National Park. Indeed the dark sky has always been a feature of the 11,000 hectare National ...
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May 24, 2021 · A wilderness guide and the development officer for Ireland’s first dark-sky park, Georgia, encourages people to explore the night sky and their senses beyond what they can see. Celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, Mayo Dark Sky Park is a blanket bog wilderness in the west of Ireland, situated within the 58-square-mile Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park along the Wild Atlantic Way.
