History made as new post office opens in West Mayo
Philomena Sweeney and Lenny Grimes were the first customers at the newly opened post office in Kavanagh's SuperValu on Shop Street on Monday.
At one minute to eleven, postmaster Eamonn Gannon welcomed customers into the purpose-fitted co-located premises in Kavanagh's SuperValu on Shop Street.
The post office veteran told The Mayo News he was “very happy to be here on Shop Street. I’m glad that everything is up and running and everything has gone to plan.”
“We look forward to serving the people of Westport.”
The new post office is located in the area formerly occupied by the off-licence in Supervalu and will offer all of the same services as previously.
Lenny Grimes, the well known Westport man, was the first customer and told The Mayo News that the new premises was “lovely and very handy if you have a letter post, you don't have to go down to the post office.”
“Having said that, I will miss my walk down to the post office, because it was lovely to walk down there, and I'm sure a lot of people will miss it, especially all the people along the Mall. But life changes, I suppose, and you have to go with the flow,” he said.
The final touches for the new post office were completed over the weekend, with the newly installed safes being installed on the premises on Friday after the old post office on The Mall was formally closed at half three on Friday.
Westport woman Philomena Sweeny was one of the first customers of the new post office and told The Mayo News that she had taken pictures of the safes coming in on Friday in anticipation of the opening.
Eamonn Gannon was quick to thank everyone involved with the move.