Connemara is a treasure of various activities from sheep dog demonstrations, basket weaving, turf cutting, cycling Sky Road or hiking Diamond Hill.

Connemara is a majestic location in West Galway and South Mayo. You will view granite stone walls granite stone walls, peat bogs with purple heather, towering, rugged mountains covered in quartz and oyster seabeds set in the Atlantic Ocean.

It is known as a Gaeltacht, where the locals speak fluent Irish and the road signs are marked in the native language. Traditional Irish music can be heard from the quaint little pubs dotted around the towns and villages.

Connemara green marble is excavated in the isolated quarries around this region and is modelled on people’s jewellery around the world. The pure-bred Connemara pony is native to this area and is exported all over the world. Black faced sheep can be seen grazing high on the mountains pasture.

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The first transatlantic flight to Ireland with John Alcock and Arthur Browne landed at Derrigimlagh bog in Clifden on June 15th, 1919.

Connemara has all the natural beauty you could dream about from peat water lakes, rolling hills, a large fjord, small islands, sheltered coves, sandy beaches, a large national park and a scenic Atlantic coastline.
 

It is home to Kylemore Abbey, a 19th century museum steeped in history from the 1800s and now owned by the Benedictine nuns. There are many colourful towns in Connemara such as Spiddal, Oughterard and Clifden which are bountiful in culture, history and artisan food.
 

Connemara is home to many great musicians, artists, writers and poets.
 

Whatever your preference is for a day tour, you will find it in this unspoiled area.