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Westport Quay and Westport House can be good.
Further afield: Achill ISland, esp. Keel and the abandoned village are worth finding; if you can make it to Clare Island: Spectacular cliffs and scenery as well.take the leenane rd out of westport, loads of great opertunities, this will also bring you to asleagh water fall,
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Also consider following the Clew Bay Archaeological Tour (signposted, also map available from the tourist office I believe) out towards Louisburgh – it’ll take you past Murrisk, with the pathway to Croagh Patrick, the National Famine Memorial, and Murrisk Abbey. Bertra strand, Old Head beach, Carramore – all great wide beaches with foreground rocks and pools – the piers at Old Head, Carramore and Lecanvey can be interesting too. If you continue on through Louisburgh (the Bunowen river runs through it, also good for photography), then take the road to the left, that’ll take you through the Doolough Pass (stunning!) along the side of the Killary (once thought to be Ireland’s only fjord, now thought to be a sunken valley), and then you’ll join the Westport road at the head of the inlet – turn left to get back to Westport, or right to continue into Galway and Leenane.
Thanks, very comprehensive report Jo, and welcome to photography Ireland, looking forward to seeing your work……John!
bigalguitarpicker wrote:
And don’t forget to have a pint or two in Matt Molloy’s!
And how do you get there Alex……LOL…….Usually use Tobys, a bit quieter…..John!
Not sure when you’re going but there’s an excellent exhibition by a friend of mine in the Clew Bay hotel which I think is finishing this Saturday. It features prints from last year’s Reek Sunday on Croagh Patrick by Sergey Sergeev.
thefizz wrote:
Not sure when you’re going but there’s an excellent exhibition by a friend of mine in the Clew Bay hotel which I think is finishing this Saturday. It features prints from last year’s Reek Sunday on Croagh Patrick by Sergey Sergeev.
Thanks for the post peter, I was there for three days just. Pity I didn’t know about it. Lovely part of the world……John!
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