Great British Railway Journeys S8E15: Ballina to Westport
- Aired: 2017-01-20
- Time: 18:30:00
- Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview
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.