Great British Railway Journeys
Season 8 Episode 15 - Ballina to Westport
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.
Episodes in Season 8
The Flying Scotsman
30 min
Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough
30 min
Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees
30 min
Darlington to Dunbar
30 min
Longniddry to Edinburgh
30 min
Blackpool to Manchester Victoria
30 min
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
30 min
Chapeltown to Doncaster
30 min
Gainsborough to Ely
30 min
Stowmarket to Harwich
30 min
Wexford to Wicklow
30 min
Greystones to Dublin
30 min
Navan to Mullingar
30 min
Dromod to Sligo
30 min
Ballina to Westport
30 min