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06 Sept 2025

Mayo tourist attraction wins international award

Mayo Dark Sky Park at Wild Nephin National ParkĀ is the proud recipient of International Dark Sky Place of the Year award

Mayo tourist attraction wins national award
A popular Mayo tourist attraction has picked up a prestigious award: The Mayo Dark Sky Park at Wild Nephin National Park is the proud recipient of International Dark Sky Place of the Year award from DarkSky International.
It is an important recognition considering there are now over 200 dark sky places around the world!
On their Facebook post, the Dark Sky Park wries: "This is a collective award for the work done to promote the importance of dark skies both within and beyond the boundaries of the park, in collaboration with our wonderful communities of Newport, Mulranny Tourism and Ballycroy Community Council. Big shout out to them all and to our colleagues in Dark Sky International in Tucson, and to Dark Sky Ireland."

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