▁of ▁C ah ern am art , ▁that ▁had ▁ 7 0 0 ▁inhabitants , ▁to ▁make ▁way ▁for ▁his ▁gard ens ▁at ▁West port ▁House . ▁ ▁The ▁current ▁town ▁centre ▁was ▁originally ▁designed ▁by ▁William ▁Le es on ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 0 , ▁in ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁architect ural ▁style . ▁Its ▁layout ▁follows ▁the ▁medieval ▁principles ▁of ▁urban ▁design ▁introduced ▁by ▁the ▁Norm ans ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁A ▁particular ▁feature ▁is ▁the ▁incorpor ation ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁into ▁the ▁composition , ▁contained ▁for ▁two ▁blocks ▁by ▁low ▁stone ▁walls ▁producing , ▁on ▁each ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁river , ▁tree ▁l ined ▁prom en ades ▁( The ▁Mall ) ▁with ▁several ▁stone ▁brid ges ▁over ▁the ▁river ▁Car row ▁Beg . ▁▁ ▁The ▁famous ▁pil gr image ▁mountain ▁of ▁Cro agh ▁Patrick , ▁known ▁locally ▁as ▁" the ▁Re ek ", ▁lies ▁some ▁ 1 0   km ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁near ▁the ▁villages ▁of ▁M urr isk ▁and ▁L ec an vey . ▁The ▁mountain ▁forms ▁the ▁back drop ▁to ▁the ▁town . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁West port ▁origin ates ▁and ▁gets ▁its ▁name , ▁in ▁Irish , ▁from ▁a ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁castle ▁- ▁C ath air ▁na ▁Mart ▁( mean ing ▁" the ▁stone ▁fort ▁of ▁the ▁be e ves " ▁or ▁" the ▁city ▁of ▁the ▁fair s ") ▁- ▁and ▁surrounding ▁settlement , ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁powerful ▁local ▁se af aring ▁Ó ▁M á ille