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Foxford is a small town some 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo. The town stands on the N26 national primary route from Swinford to Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Dublin and Ballina.
Situated between the Nephin and Ox Mountains, Foxford lies on the banks of the River Moy, a well-known salmon-fishing river, and close to Loughs Conn and Cullin, famous for their brown trout. The Foxford Way is an 86-km waymarked tourist trail that circles Foxford, taking in the Ox Mountains, roads, bogland, archeological sites, lakeshores, and river banks. Foxford developed around the eponymous Woollen Mills which have been producing the famous Foxford blankets since 1892.

Transport

Foxford railway station opened on 1 May 1868. In 1963, despite local opposition, it was closed. It reopened in 1988 and is now served by the Ballina-Manulla Junction train. The line is owned by the state company Iarnród Éireann, and was previously owned by the Midland Great Western Railway.

Notable people

In the vicinity, the Straide Museum honours and commemorates the life and works of Michael Davitt, labour agitator, social campaigner and founder of the Irish Land League.

The poet and theatre director F. R. Higgins was born in Foxford.

The town is the birthplace of Admiral William Guillermo Brown, who helped Gervasio Antonio de Posadas to found the Argentine Navy and subsequently became a heros in the Argentine War of Independence. Admiral Brown also distinguished himself in the defense of Buenos Aires and the River Plate ("Rio de la Plata") during the Argentina-Brazil War. Statues and monuments to Guillermo Brown are found throughout Argentina, and his name is honoured with countless streets, squares, towns, and associations. Busts of Admiral Brown have also been erected in Foxford and Dublin.

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