Private Connemara Day Tour

Said to be one of the most extensive and best-preserved Franciscan friaries throughout Ireland, the ruins of Ross Errilly Friary, founded in 1351, are still impressive in their surrounding landscape.

The prominent de Burgh family were the chief patrons of the friary and often protected the friary ensuring peaceful times. However, in 1538, English authorities killed many friars along with imprisoning two hundred.

From this point, Ross Errilly rarely found peace due to consistent confiscation from the English until it was completely abandoned around two hundred years later

Killary Sheep Farm in Connemara is a traditional working mountain farm with approx. 200 ewes and lambs roaming freely in the mountain with spectacular scenery overlooking Killary Fjord, on the Wild Atlantic Way. On the farm you can find mainly blackhead horny sheep which are most suited to survive on the mountains during the harsh winters.

Visitors can view the following demonstrations –

Working sheepdog demonstrations.
Sheep shearing demonstrations.
Turf cutting demonstrations

Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery and one of Ireland’s most iconic heritage attractions, set on 1,000 acres of a mountainside in Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland.

Originally built in 1868 as a private home, Kylemore Castle was bought in 1920 by an order of Benedictine Nuns, founded in Belgium in the 16th century, and became Kylemore Abbey.

Today, Kylemore is a place of spirituality, heritage, and natural beauty, welcoming thousands of visitors and pilgrims each year. It is a non-profit organization, with tourism and philanthropy supporting the monastic mission and conserving Kylemore Abbey’s rich heritage for the Irish nation.

Clifden today is a vibrant and cosmopolitan town on the very edge of Europe. It has a population of 2,609 but the hinterland which serves as the administrative and economic capital to has almost 10,000 inhabitants. The town known as the “Capital of Connemara” boasts a thriving tourism industry as its unique and picturesque setting between the foothills of the Twelve Bens and the Atlantic Ocean attracts thousands of visitors annually.

Lough Corrib is the second-largest freshwater lake in Ireland. It is located in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, and contains over 300 islands, the most famous of which is Inchagaoill. This beautiful lake is ideal for boat cruises and angling.

Aughnanure Castle is one of well over 200 tower houses in County Galway built by large, wealthy, land-owning families, mainly of Gaelic but some of Old English (Anglo-Norman) stock. Tower Houses are fortified residences and were places of power and control over the surrounding lands.