
- Oct 28, 2021
Newport 300 Celebrations in 2022
Newport 300 celebrations in 2022 It’s full steam ahead for the hard working team organising Newport’s 300th birthday celebrations. Those...
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- Dec 17, 2020
Canon Killeen Park
Newport and District Devlopment Company (NaDDCo) purchased Canon Killeen Park for the benefit of the community in late 2019, and in...
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- Nov 8, 2020
Illustrated map of Newport
Our beautiful pictorial map of Newport is in local shops now. Newport 300 had this commissioned by Pamela Gray to celebrate our...
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- Apr 13, 2020
Building Bridges!
Well done to Myles and Brady for their amazing re-creation of Newport's 19th century railway viaduct!
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- Apr 7, 2020
Mayo News 7 April
Check out the piece in today's Mayo News about Newport 300 events. As Cormac rightly says... "Newport has been here for 300 years, it is...
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- Apr 4, 2020
Happy Birthday Newport!
Our Chairman Cormac raised the Newport 300 flag today, and rang the church bell at 3pm to mark the 300th anniversary of the signing of a...
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- Mar 30, 2020
300 things we love about Newport
300 things we love about Newport... As we celebrate Newport's 300th birthday this week (Thursday to be precise) we would like to create a...
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- Mar 30, 2020
Covid-19 message
The Newport 300 committee came together to celebrate Newport’s 300th year. We wanted to make 2020 a truly memorable year filled with fun,...
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- Mar 19, 2020
New Date for Messiah
Here at Newport 300 Virtual Headquarters (#stayathome), we hope that you are all keeping well and safe at this challenging time for our...
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- Mar 11, 2020
POSTPONED - Handel's Messiah
Like many events throughout the country - and indeed the world - we have made the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming performance...
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- Mar 10, 2020
POSTPONED - Marine Institute Newport 300 Lecture series
These lectures have been postponed due to Covid 19 virus - watch this space for updates as situation develops Marine Institute celebrates...
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- Feb 23, 2020
Quay Live
We really are looking forward to meeting these ladies in Newport when they perform at Quay Live on 31st May!
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- Feb 20, 2020
The Messiah comes to Mayo!
Tickets are now on sale for one of the highlights of our Newport 300 Programme of Events - an amazing performance of Handel's Messiah in...
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- Feb 19, 2020
What do you love about Newport?
We asked local people (and one special visitor!) what they love about Newport, here's what they had to say...
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- Feb 18, 2020
A Journey through Time...
... is the catchy name for our Historical Re-Enactment planned for 3rd May Please do get in touch if you would like to join one of the...
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- Feb 18, 2020
New mural
A little birdy tells us that this gable wall is being cleaned by our good friends in Tús and RSS in preparation for a new mural!
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- Feb 17, 2020
Easter Egg Hunt
We hope you like our poster for the Easter Egg Hunt planned for EASTER SATURDAY in Princess Grace Park! Watch this space for more details
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- Feb 6, 2020
Taste of Newport
As part of Taste of Newport in August, Alain is organising a ZERO MILES MEAL and we need your help to source locally produced products....
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- Feb 6, 2020
Plaque Unveiling 4th April
To kick off our tri-centenary year, on SAT 4 APRIL there will be a plaque unveiling in Canon Killeen Park at 3pm. At 2:30pm proceedings...
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- Jan 28, 2020
It's.Going.To.Be.Epic!
Our historical re-enactment planning is well underway, with 25 volunteers already signed up as actors/extras/costume and prop makers -...
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- Jan 28, 2020
Historical Re-Enactment
What a great start to the planning for our Historical Re-Enactment on the streets of Newport - some stunning sketches from Manuel - one...
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- Jan 28, 2020
Mural for Newport 300
Mural planning!! Newport 300 and Foroige have started planning the mural for the town. Thank you to Maureen, Jo and Manuel for heading up...
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- Jan 26, 2020
Quay Live Line-up confirmed!
As part of the tri-centenary celebrations in Newport, County Mayo, there will be an exciting open-air concert on Sunday, 31st May ‘20....
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- Jan 22, 2020
Mayo News 21 Jan 2020
Great to see photos from our recent 'Nollaig na mBan' event featuring in this week's Mayo News!
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- Jan 19, 2020
Newport 300 Re Enactment Information Evening
To celebrate Newport's 300th birthday this year, our town will turn back time on Sunday May 3rd 2020. We plan to re enact 3 scenes from...
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- Jan 12, 2020
Nollaig na mBan
What a wonderful day we had at our special fundraising Nollaig na mBan event in the GN Mulranny Park Hotel on Sunday 5th January. Many...
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- Jan 12, 2020
New Year Swim
What a great success the New Years swim was today, a few people to thank ! Charles Reilly for the tent and the help putting it up , John...
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- Nov 28, 2019
2020 Calendar
Thanks to everyone who either bought an advert in our 2020 Commemorative Calendar or who purchased a calendar entry to celebrate a...
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- Nov 28, 2019
Handel's Messiah date announced
We are delighted to announce that Handel's Messiah will be performed by soloists and Vocalessence choir with Mayo Concert Orchestra under...
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