Religion and Education
- There are three churches in the town: the Catholic Church, St Mary's; the Anglican church, Holy Trinity; and the Evangelical church, Calvary Church Westport.
- Historically, a Methodist church on existed on the Mall, but it has not been used for some years. It was renovated a few years ago and is currently a restaurant.
- Religious genealogical records for the 19th century for the Westport area (Church of Ireland, Methodist, Roman Catholic, civil, gravestone inscriptions, etc.) are held at the South Mayo Family Research Centre in Ballinrobe and The Clew Bay Heritage Centre at Westport Quay.
Westport has three secondary schools and four primary schools, and Westport College of Further Education that opened in 2009.
Westport has two large secondary schools, Rice College and Sacred Heart School. Rice College has over 570 pupils and is an all-boys school. Sacred Heart School has over 500 pupils also and is an all-girls school. There are also a number of smaller primary schools including Scoil Phadraig, Gaelscoil Na Cruaiche, St Colmcilles and Holy Trinity. There are also some rural secondary school around the environs of Westport.
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