islands galway

Join Liz Weir and her friends for a week of storytelling, music and songs in the peaceful Northeast of Ireland ,visit the Giants Causeway and other famous places....

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...

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....

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....