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The historical seat of King Guaire, (King of Connaught during the 6th century) and principal seat of the Chiefs of Cineal Aogh, and "gateway of the Burren" Gort is a well planned market town, which was for a long period a garrison town. The modern town was designed by the Paine brothers in the 19th century at the instigation of Lord Gort.

The karstic landscape of the area has many distinctive features e.g. subterranean rivers, underground caves, swallow holes and turloughs. Gort has a...

When stately Buck Mulligan stepped out of the pages of Joyce's Ulysses he was a character immortalised in a great work, but the flesh and blood person who inspired that character was, himself, a Renaissance man of no mean achievement. Oliver St. John Gogarty was an accomplished surgeon, a poet praised by no less a person than Yeats, and a wit who held court in true Oscar Wilde fashion at his homes in Dublin and in his beloved retreats at Renvyle House and Heather Island in Connemara....

Inis Meain, the middle island of the Aran Islands, with an area up to 900 hectares, is an island of great and rugged beauty, on which the traditional Aran life style prevails most noticeably.
Until recently it was possible to land on this island by curragh only, but now an air strip has been built which links it with the Galway mainland and the two other Aran Islands.
There is also a museum on the island with artifacts of fishing, farming and kitchen in traditional crafts; bus...

A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells).

Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water. The highest pint of the county, Cairn Hill, is only 279 m high, bu...

Shaped like a rough oval, Inis Oirr (Inisheer) is only 560ha in extent, less than 3km across, either way. It has two roads running roughly from north to south. O.S. Co-ordinates: 095500;099000 - 200400;203000....

Located off the west coast of County Galway, Inishbofin remains to be one of Irelands best loved islands. Chosen by St Colman to be the location of his monastery due to the tranquillity of the island, the same peace and calmness surrounds the island today.
The outdoor enthusiast will be in heaven when they arrive here! There are sheltered beach coves Europe’s clearest blue waters! The wild Atlantic Sea will entice experienced divers to explore their depths and examine Irish aquatic lif...

This is the largest of the three Aran Islands with an area of 3092ha. It has the most impressive piece of antiquity in all Ireland -the great stone fort of Dun Aongus, on the edge of a cliff, which rises sheer from the sea, 91m below.

The main port is Kilronan. There is an air strip at Killeany, 2.5km south-east of Kilronan, which connects the Island with the mainland. O.S. Co-ordinates: 075-091;2055-213...

Its many archaeological sites are evidence of a once thriving community which was devastated by famine. See a church buried in sand, a celtic well, the Hill of the Woman and ancient kitchen middens, recent archaeological excavations....

Aran Island Ferries operate a daily service to the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay. The Aran Islands are steeped in history and are spectacularly beautiful. The ferry service operates from Rossaveal, a port 37 kilometres west of Galway city. This is the shortest crossing point to the islands. A coach service is provided from Galway city to Rossaveal....

On the most famous of the many now largely uninhabited islands of the south Connemara coast, can be found the ruins of a church and the bed (grave) of Saint Mac Dara, who is greatly honoured by the people of south Connacht....