Just some of the feedback we received following the 2016 Festival... "Congratulations for arranging an excellent collection of speakers and topics at this event; it was an excellent event, and well attended by both visiting amateur astronomers, and locals. Congrats also to Georgia McMillan for getting the Dark Sky Park initiative under way and seeing it through to completion. Thanks also to Stephen Kershaw of Ktec Telescopes who donated a telescope as the major prize for the

The first ever Mayo Dark Sky Festival was held in Newport County Mayo in October 2016. Over 300 delegates enjoyed the three days of talks, workshops and observing sessions. Speakers like Leo Enright, Nick James, Eamonn Ansbro and Norah Patten wowed their audiences on topics such as “One thousand years of Great Comets and Great Disappointments” and “Europe at Mars – Red hot news from the Red Planet”. The festival also included lots of family friendly activities, including pl