Ballina to Westport Great British Railway Journeys : Season 8 Episode 15
BBC Two 30m
Aired: January 20th, 2017 @ 6:30 PM EST on BBC Two
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.
