WESTPORT IN THE RAIN.

Westport is a town on the edge of an Atlantic inlet, on Ireland's west coast. In the Georgian town centre, stone bridges link the tree - lined promenade on the banks of the Carrowbeg River. Rockfleet Castle and Burrishoole Abbey, both to the northwest, have ties to the 16th - century . Tpirate queen, Grace O Malley. The Great Western Greenway bike and pedestrian trail runs from Westport to Achill Island in the northwest. It has a population of 6,872.