homes historical around connemara

A three-roomed cottage which the patriot Padraig Pearse (1879-1916) used as his summer residence. There are bedrooms on either side of the living room which has a fireplace, cooking and eating utensils as well as a spinning wheel. The west bedroom also served as a study. The items on display are replicas of those used in Pearse's time....

This ruin marks a seat of the Lynch family, one of whose members, John Lynch, was a signatory of The American Declaration of Independence. The estate has been developed as an adventure centre run by the Vocational Education Authority....

This was originally the home of the Blakes, one of the tribes of Galway. Henry Blake purchased the Renvyle estate in 1680 from the Earl of Westmeath, who had been granted it under the Cromwellian settlements. Caroline Blake turned the house into a hotel in 1883. It was rebuilt following fire destruction in 1930....