About Moy Valley Notes and how you use the site

You are planning a trip to Ballina or settling in north County Mayo and need steady guidance. Moy Valley Notes is an independent magazine about Ballina and the surrounding part of the county. It keeps a narrow focus so you can plan a stay, understand daily life, and follow local activity through the year.

What you find here

River Moy Fishing describes salmon and trout fishing on the River Moy for anglers and curious visitors alike. It explains how access, permits, seasons and catch rules are set out by the relevant public bodies and fisheries managers, and points you to the public sources where you can check the current position before you fish.

Getting Around the West describes how you reach Ballina and how you move around without a car if you choose to do so. It covers bus and rail links, travel within the town, and connections towards the coast and the countryside. It refers to transport operators in the third person and asks you to check timetables and service updates with those operators.

Visiting and Living in Ballina brings together what you need for a short stay or for settling into daily life. It covers the coast and local walks, sports clubs and their training and match routines, festivals and seasonal events, shops and services in general terms, and practical points on housing, schools and health services. The site sells nothing and keeps no business directory, so you use each article as a starting point and turn to the named public body for detail.

How you can use the articles

Each article names the public sources on which it is based, and describes every club, business, agency and public body in the third person. The editorial team of Moy Valley Notes uses a third-person voice for every organisation and never writes as a club, business, agency or public body. Where rules, times or services can change, the text states its limits and asks you to confirm the position with the relevant body.

This site is written for you if you are visiting north Mayo for a few days, returning for angling, or moving to Ballina and learning how the town works. If you need a correction, a source, or background on a point, you can write to contact@ballinalive.com and the editorial team will read your message.