The Irish Whitewater Film Festival has been held for the last four years in Castlebar, Co.
The second and perhaps the most important reason from a paddlers point of view is that the area’s surrounding Castlebar offer a hugh resource to paddlers of all abilities. Historically Mayo receives the largest amount of rainfall in
Paddling in Mayo is in itself an adventure. Especially if your willing to go off the beaten track. In four years local paddlers have racked up about 7 first/repeated descents in the area. I think that this speaks volumes for the nature of the paddling in Mayo and gives some idea of what an untapped resource it is. When you have the likes of Ali Donald saying that one of his favourite Irish runs is the Shranalong, Co. Mayo then you know you’re onto a good thing.
A run down on some of the runs can be found on Irishwhitewater.com. A big shout out must go to Mr.Seanie Byrne for all hard work he put into designing the site and administrating it. A feat made all the more impressive given the fact that he’s studying for finals this year. I think I speak for allot of people when I say that it’s a great resource for all Irish paddles.
Graham Clarke.
Film Fest Organiser.
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