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206  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

Exploring the West of Ireland

Galway city, Clifden and Westport make the best bases
for exploring the region, with cosy pubs, good walks
and access to the scenic islands. Connemara and
the wilds of County Mayo attract nature
lovers, while the islands of Achill,
North Mayo
Aran, Clare and Inishbofin appeal Broad Sculpture Trail
to water-sports enthusiasts and Haven Portlurin Belderg Ballycastle
CÉIDE
ramblers. The lakes of counties Glenamoy FIELDS Killala
Roscommon, Mayo and Galway Belmullet Barnatra Bay
are popular with anglers, and Carrowmore Killala Inniscrone
Lough Corrib and Lough Key Lake
offer relaxing cruises. Bangor Erris Bellacorick Ballina
The Ox Mountains
Blacksod Bay Doohooma Slieve Car Crossmolina Lough Moy Slieve Gamph or Tubercurry Ballinafad Keadue Erne Drumshanbo
Sligo
720m
Conn
Ballycroy
Doogort Nephin FOXFORD Gorteen
806m
Dooagh Pontoon Lough Key
Forest Park
Cushcamcarragh Lough Charlestown BOYLE Carrick-on-
714m Cullin Lough
Achill Sound Lough Betra Swinford Gara Shannon
Feeagh Tawnyinah
Bellavary Ballaghadereen
Lough
ACHILL ISLAND Mulrany
Newport Castlebar Kilkelly Boderg Dromod
Clew Bay NATIONAL Frenchpark Elphin Roosky
MUSEUM
CLARE OF IRELAND – ROSCOMMON
ISLAND WESTPORT COUNTRY LIFE KNOCK Castlerea Tulsk STROKESTOWN
Roonagh Ballintober CLONALIS PARK
Quay Louisburgh CROAGH Ballyhaunis
Inishturk PATRICK MA YO HOUSE Ballintober Shannon Longford
Cregganbaun Claremorris Ballymoe Lanesborough
Mweelrea Ballindine
INISHBOFIN 819m Ballinrobe
Partry
KYLEMORE Asleagh Mountains Lough ROSCOMMON
Mask
ABBEY Leenane Kilmaine Dunmore
Letterfrack Neale Athleague
Cleggan CONG Lecarrow
Maum Tuam Newbridge Lough
Maamturk
CONNEMARA Moylough Ree
CLIFDEN NATIONAL Headford Ballyforan
Mountains
Alcock and Brown PARK Recess Maam Cross Mount Caltra
Memorial Clare Bellew Suck Athlone
LOUGH CORRIB
Ballyconneely Cashel Oughterard Aughnanure Ardnasodan Fardrum
Castle
Roundstone Screeb Cloonboo GAL WAY
Colourful shopfronts lining a Claregalway Ballinasloe
Galway street Carna Kilkieran Moycullen Cloonymorris Dublin
Athenry
GALWAY TUROE STONE CLONFERT
Rossaveal Oranmore CATHEDRAL
Lettermullan Spiddle Laurencetown
Inveran Craughwell
Kilcolgan
North Sound Galway Bay Dunguaire Loughrea Shannon Banagher
Burren Castle Slieve Aughty Killimor
Getting Around ARAN Kilronan KINVARA Mountains
The tiny airport near Rossaveal runs flights ISLANDS Ennis Coole THOOR PORTUMNA Portland
BALLYLEE
to the Aran Islands, which can also be Park Gort Lough Carrigahorig
reached by ferry from Rossaveal and Doolin South Sou n d KILMACDUAGH Cloonoon Derg
(Co Clare). Ferries run from Cleggan to
Inishbofin and Roonagh near Louisburgh to Maghera Coolbaun Limerick
Clare Island. There is no direct rail service 399m
between Galway and Westport but the Crusheen Whitegate
towns are linked by buses. Bus Éireann runs 0 kilometres 20
services to Connemara from Galway and
Clifden (via Oughterard or Cong) or the area 0 miles 20
can be explored on day-long coach tours
from Galway or Clifden.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp300–301 and pp318–20
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