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ENJOYISLAND HOPPING A number of artists and crafts -people made their home
& BAY CRUISES here including Roundstone Ceramics,The Jewellery
House of Mag Aoide,The Stable Gallery at Errisbeg
Explore the House, Rosie Mcgurran who opens her studio during the
UNINHABITED summer months and Yvonne King who runs a gallery in
the village showing local scenes and watercolours.
ISLANDS Roundstone Bog found close to the town is a wild
of Roundstone Bay expanse of moor, lake and stream, containing wildlife
and rare plants.
BAY CRUISES
AND Ballyconneely- Baile Conaola
WALKING TOURS “Conneelys’ village”
OF THE ISLAND
Every July, the Ballyconneely pony show attracts
Phone 087 2871012 people from the surrounding county to exhibit
or 087 9342924 livestock and enjoy the colourful travelling funfair.
This peninsula, jutting into the Atlantic Ocean between
Clifden to the north and Roundstone to the south,
is a quiet rural area. Ballyconneely is known for it’s
champion breeders of Connemara ponies; you are likely
to meet these little cuties in this town ! The beaches of
this region have edible shellfish and molluscs accessible
at low tide, including clams, cockles, mussels, razorfish,
sea urchins, shrimp and scallops, and with local
knowledge, the occasional lobster. Here you will also
enjoy the Connemara Smokehouse and Visitor Centre
located at the Aillebrack fishing pier, a small harbour
used by local fishermen and boat owners. There is also a
27- hole golf links close to the town.
Slyne Head
At this most Westerly point of Galway we find two
lighthouses. Of the two lighthouses on this point
built in 1836, only the West one remains active here.
Derrigimlagh
This historical area offers charming walks in the
unique boggy landscape. In these acid conditions
you can be sure that only a special breed of plant can
thrive and survive. There are botanical curiosities here
not to be found elsewhere in Europe. You can visit the
famous crash landing site of Alcott and Brown and take
in the scenery in this unique region.
Cleggan- An Cloigeann
“head”
It would appear that this village would takes it’s name
from the coastal headland upon which it is situated.
Legend, however, provides a more gory origin of the
name. St. Ceannanach is said to have been beheaded
by a pagan chief in this place. Lore has it that the chief
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& BAY CRUISES here including Roundstone Ceramics,The Jewellery
House of Mag Aoide,The Stable Gallery at Errisbeg
Explore the House, Rosie Mcgurran who opens her studio during the
UNINHABITED summer months and Yvonne King who runs a gallery in
the village showing local scenes and watercolours.
ISLANDS Roundstone Bog found close to the town is a wild
of Roundstone Bay expanse of moor, lake and stream, containing wildlife
and rare plants.
BAY CRUISES
AND Ballyconneely- Baile Conaola
WALKING TOURS “Conneelys’ village”
OF THE ISLAND
Every July, the Ballyconneely pony show attracts
Phone 087 2871012 people from the surrounding county to exhibit
or 087 9342924 livestock and enjoy the colourful travelling funfair.
This peninsula, jutting into the Atlantic Ocean between
Clifden to the north and Roundstone to the south,
is a quiet rural area. Ballyconneely is known for it’s
champion breeders of Connemara ponies; you are likely
to meet these little cuties in this town ! The beaches of
this region have edible shellfish and molluscs accessible
at low tide, including clams, cockles, mussels, razorfish,
sea urchins, shrimp and scallops, and with local
knowledge, the occasional lobster. Here you will also
enjoy the Connemara Smokehouse and Visitor Centre
located at the Aillebrack fishing pier, a small harbour
used by local fishermen and boat owners. There is also a
27- hole golf links close to the town.
Slyne Head
At this most Westerly point of Galway we find two
lighthouses. Of the two lighthouses on this point
built in 1836, only the West one remains active here.
Derrigimlagh
This historical area offers charming walks in the
unique boggy landscape. In these acid conditions
you can be sure that only a special breed of plant can
thrive and survive. There are botanical curiosities here
not to be found elsewhere in Europe. You can visit the
famous crash landing site of Alcott and Brown and take
in the scenery in this unique region.
Cleggan- An Cloigeann
“head”
It would appear that this village would takes it’s name
from the coastal headland upon which it is situated.
Legend, however, provides a more gory origin of the
name. St. Ceannanach is said to have been beheaded
by a pagan chief in this place. Lore has it that the chief
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