Great British Railway Journeys Season 8 Episode 15 - Ballina to Westport

Airdate: 2017-Jan-20

Episode summary:

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.

About Great British Railway Journeys series:

Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.