To mark the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing, Friends of Mayo Dark Skies have invited festival favourite BRIAN MacGABHANN back to give his very popular talk entitled 'How we got to the Moon - and Back' in the W Cinema Westport on Saturday 20th July at 12 noon. Admission to this exclusive event is by ticket only. Tickets just €5 for adults - and - as always - KIDS GO FREE! Click here to get your tickets #News #Apollo11 #news

‘The European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky’ was originally held in France in 1998 and most recently in Pamplona, Spain in 2013. This important event presents the work of experts from different fields and countries on the various facets of light pollution; its impact on the environment, health, economy and cultural heritage. The Friends of Mayo Dark Skies Community Group will host the 14th European Symposium for the protection of the Night Sky, from 3rd to 5th

Of course, Mayo Dark Skies is not just about our annual Mayo Dark Sky Festival! We organise many dark sky themed events all year round, often working closely with local clubs such as Newport Astronomy Club, Mulranny Environmental Group and Bellacragher Boat Club. For this years International Dark Sky Week (31 Mar - 7 Apr), we have a great range of events in many venues across the county, with science, environmental and cultural themes... #News #2019 #news

Many thanks to the gang at Astronomy Ireland Magazine for the great coverage of our 2018 festival in the Jan/Feb issue of the magazine! #News #2018 #press #news

Well done to our very own Georgia MacMillan who won the Outsider Magazine's Eco Hero Award last night in Dublin. Georgia won the award for her work to protect our dark sky assets. The award is supported by Clean Coasts and Leave no Trace. In their citation, they said... "Georgia MacMillan has conducted a huge amount research into light pollution and dark sky opportunities in the west of Ireland which led her to establish Mayo Dark Skies community group. Soon after this was

Mark your calendars and set your reminders... The 2019 Mayo Dark Sky Festival will take place from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November 2019 More details to follow - join our mailing list for regular updates to make sure you don't miss a thing! #news #2019

Many thanks to George Keegan of Senior Times who attended our 2018 Festival after writing this piece for the Nov/Dec issue of the popular magazine #news #2018

Congratulations to DAVID BRANIGAN, who is the winner of a €50 voucher from Ktec Telescopes David’s name was selected at random from all those who completed our online feedback survey about the 2018 Mayo Dark Sky Festival Thanks to all who completed surveys, your feedback is much appreciated. Roll on 2019! #news #2018

Well, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves last weekend and we hope that those of you who made it to our festival also had lots of fun! Each year we aim to deliver a world class festival, so your feedback is critical. We would really appreciate you taking the time to complete our feedback survey (link below and on home page). To encourage you to do so, we have teamed up once again with Ktec Telescopes, and will randomly select one winner from all surveys returned by 6pm Sunday 18

Photos of French Ambassador HE Stephane Crouzat on his visit to Ballycroy National Park Visitor Centre during the festival, and also some photos from the Gala Dinner in GN Mulranny Park Hotel (photographer Conor McKeown) #news #2018