On Sunday we went to the Woollen Mills in Foxford, County Mayo and at first I was very skeptical – It was 7.50 € per person! But we managed to get a Family ticket even though it says it’s just for 2 adults and up to 4 kids…. I’d say we were 4 adults in that group. We asked to get the family and got it, which was nice.
At first we went through some kind of outdated Disney ride ahh walk:
To learn about the mill …the woollen mills were set up by the Sisters of Charity to help the people out in that area. At first it was kind of boring until that nun projection showed up – this was scary as hell and now the money was all worth it. Overall that tour was pretty interesting.
They also have a showroom where they still have looms running – But not on Sundays …so we went back on Monday to see them:
It was worth coming back an other time ….
But the highlight was the Mills Shop … best souvenir shopping in county mayo. It’s almost worth to go there just for the shop. And yes the 4 of us spent tons of money there.
Opening times:
May – October: Monday – Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Sunday: Noon to 6pm
November – April: Monday – Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Sunday: 2pm to 6pm
Foxford Wollen Mills Visitor Cenre: Tel: + 353 (0) 94 925 6756
Photos by: jhfoto
Tags: Ireland, Foxford, Woollen Mills, County Mayo, Tourist, Attraction, Souvenir, Shopping
jj o hara wrote,
this whole tour is now closed to be updated will reopen in april
jj o hara
director
what scary nun???
Link | March 21st, 2007 at 7:56 pm
ireland blog wrote,
jj o hara ,
yeah I noticed that too … went back there with a guest from Germany to do some Souvenir shopping.
We thought the projection of the nuns face was cool and scary at the same time
If you need someone to take pictures of the updated tour … please let me know.
Thanks for visiting Ireland Blog …
Link | March 22nd, 2007 at 5:17 pm
lisa wrote,
I just went on the tour and found it pretty fun and effective. yes, a disneyish thing going on there and the nun remionded me of thel haunted house ride, but i thought it worked and was informative.
Link | April 30th, 2009 at 11:01 pm