22/04/2020
Sunrise on the Carrowbeg River Westport. 📸 by . In 1800 John Denis Browne, Lord Sligo of Westport House, embarked on the ambitious development of the malls here in the town. These consist of 400m of tree-lined boulevards, along the embanked Carrowbeg River, with two cascades, crossed by three stone-arched bridges. This was flanked by public buildings, town houses and private dwellings, with a Georgian character. At that time the Carrowbeg flowed to the north of its present course and had to be canalised to flow in a straight line through the town.