Thing to do in West Ireland
Delphi Adventure Centre
Activity Centres Leenane, Co Galway
If it's outdoor activity you are after there can scarcely be a better place anywhere in the world to be active than Delphi. It's location is nothing short of stupenous - set on a mountain in a remote part of Connermara, close to the calm waters...
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Thoor Ballylee
Castles & Great Houses Ballylee, Nr Gort, Co Galway
"And out of doors, with the hawthorn in blossom all along the river banks, everything is so beautiful that to go elsewhere is to leave beauty behind." So wrote the poet William Butler Yeats from his home in Thoor Ballylee, which is just as...
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Westport House and Gardens
Castles & Great Houses Westport. Co Mayo
Westport House is the family home of Lord Altamont, whose family have lived here since the house was built for his ancestor John Browne in 1731. It was built on the site of a castle which was home to 16th century Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley, a relative...
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Killary Adventure Centre
Clay Shooting Leenane, Co Galway
Killary Adventure Centre offers trap shooting, primarily aimed at beginners and and the less experienced and designed to act as an introduction to the sport. Their aim is to give participants confidence with the gun, teach them to achieve a good strike...
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Carne Golf Links
Golf Co Mayo, Links Course
This is an extraordinary and terrific course and one that way too few visitors reach. It is extremely remote, on the wild Belmullet peninsula in Mayo, and has really made the most of its location. Building the course barely changed the terrain, instead...
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Connemara Golf Links
Golf Co Galway, Links Course
This place is both unique and beautiful, set in the rocky and majestic region of Connemara which will have even those golfers normally unmoved by scenery gasping in admiration. It is totally exposed to ever shifting winds blowing in from the Atlantic...
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Gort Golf Club
Golf Co Galway, Parkland Course
Sometimes it is nice to divert from the typical tourist trail and take in a local club where not many visitors play. This is a course well worth making such a diversion for. Designed by Christy O'Connor, it is a championship standard course completed...
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Errislannan Manor
Horseriding Co Galway, Clifden
If you want to ride Connemara ponies this is the place to come. It is one of the most highly regarded Connemara Pony Studs in Ireland and these strudy and active ponies are the perfect mounts for exploring the moorland, hills and beaches around the centre. Most...
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Hell's Kitchen Railway Museum
Museums Castlerea, Co Roscommon
This small museum is one of those quirky places that fill you with joy when you are lucky enough to stumble upon them. That the museum and its collection exist at all is testament to one man's enduring determination and passion, that of Sean Browne....
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Irish Museum of Country Life
Museums Co Mayo, Castlebar
An absolutely fascinating place, with exhibitions which illuminate the way that ordinary Irish country people lived and worked between 1850 and 1950. There are regular demonstrations, music and dance performances and special events, all of which bring...
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