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This is a very popular place to visit on your tour Other Irish language publishers include Pádraig Ó
around our Wild Atlantic coast. Spiddle is scenically Snodaigh’s Coiscéim and Gael Linn.
placed with fantastic views of both Galway Bay and Access to books in Irish has increased with the advent of
the Arran Islands. Here you can enjoy a scenic beach, the Internet. There are a number of specialist bookshops
harbour, and shore fishing. To the east of the village which stock a rich variety of Irish language and Irish
you will find a craft centre and a gallery. The local interest books notably An Siopa Leabhar in Dublin’s
river, bearing such curious names as the Owenboliskey, Harcourt Street(located by Conradh na Gaeilge), An
Owenboliska, or simply Spiddal River (Abhainn Bhoth Café Liteartha based in Dingle(Daingean Uí Chúis) in
Loiscthe), flows south from Boliska Lake and enters Kerry, and in Galway, Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.
Galway Bay at Spiddal. www.cic.ie, www.coisceim.ie, www.gael-linn.ie
Inverin- Indreabhán Carraroe- An Cheathrú Rua
"The red quarter"
More strongly Irish-speaking than Spiddal, the
population of this village swells in the summer The Carraroe peninsula stretches from Greatman’s
months with enthusiastic Irish language learners. Bay (Cuan an Fhir Mhóir) to Casla Bay (Cuan
Chasla). Carraroe has an unusual ‘coral’ beach, Trá an
Irish language Dóilín which is well worth the visit. This is a biogenic
gravel beach actually made of coralline algae known as
Indreabhán is also the home of Cló Iar-Chonnacht, an “maerl”. Carraroe is rightly famous for its traditional
Irish language and music publishing company set up by fishing boats known as Galway Hookers. You can delight
native Irish speaker Michael Ó Conghaile in 1985. in the local races if you arrive here for the August Bank
Galway Hooker © Maurice Gunning
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around our Wild Atlantic coast. Spiddle is scenically Snodaigh’s Coiscéim and Gael Linn.
placed with fantastic views of both Galway Bay and Access to books in Irish has increased with the advent of
the Arran Islands. Here you can enjoy a scenic beach, the Internet. There are a number of specialist bookshops
harbour, and shore fishing. To the east of the village which stock a rich variety of Irish language and Irish
you will find a craft centre and a gallery. The local interest books notably An Siopa Leabhar in Dublin’s
river, bearing such curious names as the Owenboliskey, Harcourt Street(located by Conradh na Gaeilge), An
Owenboliska, or simply Spiddal River (Abhainn Bhoth Café Liteartha based in Dingle(Daingean Uí Chúis) in
Loiscthe), flows south from Boliska Lake and enters Kerry, and in Galway, Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.
Galway Bay at Spiddal. www.cic.ie, www.coisceim.ie, www.gael-linn.ie
Inverin- Indreabhán Carraroe- An Cheathrú Rua
"The red quarter"
More strongly Irish-speaking than Spiddal, the
population of this village swells in the summer The Carraroe peninsula stretches from Greatman’s
months with enthusiastic Irish language learners. Bay (Cuan an Fhir Mhóir) to Casla Bay (Cuan
Chasla). Carraroe has an unusual ‘coral’ beach, Trá an
Irish language Dóilín which is well worth the visit. This is a biogenic
gravel beach actually made of coralline algae known as
Indreabhán is also the home of Cló Iar-Chonnacht, an “maerl”. Carraroe is rightly famous for its traditional
Irish language and music publishing company set up by fishing boats known as Galway Hookers. You can delight
native Irish speaker Michael Ó Conghaile in 1985. in the local races if you arrive here for the August Bank
Galway Hooker © Maurice Gunning
147
