Hennigans Heritage Centre

Situated in unspoilt countryside overlooking Creagaballa Lake 6.5km from the workhouse at Swinford where thousands of people from the region died during the 19th century due to starvation, and 20 km from The Museum of Country Life, Turlough. The purpose of the Heritage Centre is to preserve and showcase the heritage of life of the Mayo area, from farming, house and home, to jobs and work, to celebration of life. At the heart of the centre is the thatched cottage built in the 1870's where the Hennigan family lived until 1970. Tom Hennigan was born and grew up in this house.