Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 8

Ballina to Westport

Episode 15 · 2017-01-20

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Ballina to Westport On the last leg of Michael Portillo's long journey from Wexford to Westport, a fashionable Victorian seaweed bath is followed by a steamy scene in Ballina. On tenterhooks in Foxford, Michael discovers the visionary charity of an entrepreneurial nun. He learns of a double tragedy at Clew Bay and begins a pilgrimage to the summit of Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick.

30 minutes

Season 8 episodes

1. The Flying Scotsman2017-01-02 2. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough2017-01-03 3. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees2017-01-04 4. Darlington to Dunbar2017-01-05 5. Longniddry to Edinburgh2017-01-06 6. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria2017-01-09 7. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common2017-01-10 8. Chapeltown to Doncaster2017-01-11 9. Gainsborough to Ely2017-01-12 10. Stowmarket to Harwich2017-01-13 11. Wexford to Wicklow2017-01-16 12. Greystones to Dublin2017-01-17 13. Navan to Mullingar2017-01-18 14. Dromod to Sligo2017-01-19 15. Ballina to Westport2017-01-20