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Mention that February first is the first day of spring it will often cause a debate as it it can be hard to imagine spring is here when often the weather proves otherwise. It is only when you look a little closer you can see there are sure signs that the winter is over, the…
Christmas in Clifden 2024. December is rapidly becoming a major festival in Clifden, which is the heart of Connemara. Last years festival was a resounding success, the highlight of which was celebrity Ryan Tubridy turning on the Christmas lights. There was such a positive reaction to the events last year that a festival to welcome…
Connemara Sea Week celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and it looks like this years event will be the best so far. It takes place in Letterfrack from Sunday, October 19, to Monday, October 28. Sea Week was conceived to celebrate the cultural and maritime heritage alongside the unique marine environment and history which has…
Why Not Book One Of Our Large Properties? It can be so easy for time to pass without spending some quality time with friends and family. Going on holiday together is a great way to have a different sort of break which creates plenty of time to relax and enjoy each others company. If you…
Clifden Arts Festival Returns with Anchor Theme and Spectacular Lineup Clifden Arts Festival 2024 Runs From The 18th to 29th September The Clifden Arts Festival was founded in 1977, due to the vision, passion and ambition of founder Brendan Flynn, his fellow committee members and the entire Clifden community. It was the longest running community arts…
The Point Pony Trekking Ballyconneely. If you enjoy horse riding and tried to imagine the best place in the world go for a trek then you would find it hard to imagine somewhere better than The Point Pony Trekking Center Ballyconneely. We sent out our scouts to enjoy a Trek and they came back with…
If you are in Connemara in the few days before the 23rd of June you will notice piles of old pallets, branches and other fire making materials appearing at various locations. On afternoon of the 23rd June you may also see little groups of children gathering fuel, like ants bringing it back to the nest….
Fishing Lodges and Lunch in Connemara: If you are the sort of person who have their sleep disturbed by dreams of catching fish Connemara will go a long way towards improving your sleep. Looking at a map of Connemara you will see that there are a bewildering number of lakes and rivers scattered across this…
Connemara Golf Course The Ballyconneely and Slyne Head peninsula is a wild and beautiful coastline. Reaching out in to the Atlantic Ocean Rocky inlets are scattered along the coast interspersed with sandy machair. Machair is a fertile low-lying grassy plain found on part of the northwest coastlines of Ireland and Scotland and is the ideal…
Connemara has been the haunt of painters, artists, poets and authors as far as history is recorded. One thing they drew inspiration from was the joy they felt looking at the light and colour of the scenery, the savage beauty of the Mountains and the restless Atlantic Ocean.It is hardly surprising that the visual storytellers…
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