Shannon Airport 1 hr 39
Brigit's Garden & Café (20 min) Traditional teahouse ringed with pools, flowers & standing stones symbolising Celtic seasons. Western Way Trailhead (11 min) Angling off a vast freshwater lake, plus hikes through a rugged landscape of hills, moors & bogs. Inchagoill (58 min) Saint patrick Quiet Man Bridge (17 min) The Quiet Man Museum, Tours & Giftshop (1 hr 1) Quaint reproduction house from the namesake film, plus set location tours & a souvenir shop. Statue of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (1 hr 1) Curraghduff Farm (6 min) Ireland’s School of Falconry (1 hr 5) Hawk and owls Corrib Cruises (1 hr 4) Cong Heritage (1 hr 1) Abbey, ruins, and history Aughnanure Castle (15 min) Preserved 16th-century fortress with gargantuan fireplaces and a watchtower you can climb. Pigeon Hole Cave (58 min) Lough Mask (1 hr 20) Sizable lake with pastoral scenery & a popular fishing scene, especially for brown trout. Glengowla Mines, Oughterard (15 min) Tours of abandoned silver & lead mines on a farm, plus turf cutting & sheep herding demonstrations. Maumturks (35 min) Connemara mountain range featuring several picturesque, low peaks with hiking & climbing. |