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Clare Island is a charming island of 16 sq km at the mouth of Clew Bay. The quartzite hills on the north-west rise to 461m in the peak of Knockmore, with some flat land of the east and south. Its early archaeological remains include a court-tomb at Lecarrow, ancient cooking-sites, standing-stones, promontory forts and other sites from later times. One of the most interesting places is the remains of the late fifteenth century Cistercian friary, which was originally founded by monks from Abbeykno...

Established by St. Jarlath at the beginning of the 6th century, it is 32.19km north of Galway City and today is the major town in the north Galway-mid Connaught region. It is a thriving commercial and industrial centre with a well established agricultural hinterland.

The present layout of the town resulted from the Charter of James I of England in 1613 with all roads converging on the town square -which is in fact a diamond shape. This layout disregarded the much earlier Celtic settlemen...

The county Down combines so much of the beauty and variety of Northern Ireland within its borders, including St. Patricks Country, The Bronte Homelands, The Mourne Mountains and the Heart of Down. You can follow in St. Patrick's first footsteps on Irish soil from the spot at Ringbane on the shore of Strangford Lough, where he landed in AD 432, via Saul where he preached his first sermon, to Downpatrick where he built a little church.

Slieve Patrick hill has a huge statue (within bro...

The Georgian village of Hillsborough is rich in history. Hillsborough Fort with its eight foot high earth ramparts, dates back to around 1650 and was used as a Royal Fortress by King Charles II. Other buildings of note include the market house, the parish church of St Malachy, built in 1636 and the Castle, seat of the former Governors of Northern Ireland....

Glenamaddy, in the east of the County, is a pleasant town....

For all your information needs on Inishowen contact the number above or call into the Tourist Office.

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Monivea is approximately 10 miles from Galway City and is a spacious town....

Travelling north-west from Cootehall, the visitor reaches Knockvicar, where O'Sullivan Beare, with his weary 35 followeres out of 1,000 who left west Cork, rested on the last night before reaching O'Rourke's Castle at Leitreim Village....

The captivating Mall, where the re-routed Carrowbeg river flows through Westport on its way to the sea in Clew Bay, is a splendid example of the contributions made to Irish towns by enlightened landlords of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In this instance, it was the Brownes, later Earls of Altamont, who beautified Westport in many ways and ultimately opened up their own home, Westport House, for public view....