Breaking Eggs: New online food series based in Connemara
Based in Connemara, Cliodhna Prendergast heads up Breaking Eggs, an online campaign to bring food and cooking to the next generation in a healthy, fun and informative way. It provides a […]
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New iPad App for Visitors to Connemara
iPad owners take note: after 3 months of development, the first app for Connemara, simply called ‘Connemara’, is now available to download for free from Apple’s App Store. The team […]
New High-Speed Internet Connection for Clifden!
In 2006 I was invited to attend a press conference at Galway County Buildings held by the then Minister for Communications, Noel Dempsey T.D. whose department was announcing that Clifden, […]
Clifden Guesthouse win Hosts of the Year
Hosts of the Year 2013 | Paddy & Julia Foyle, The Quay House, Clifden, Co Galway. Every time a visitor satisfaction survey is published the results are the same, with […]
After 15 years: connemara.net Version 2.0
Now that this site connemara.net has been successfully redeveloped by Noel Mannion, I thought I’d write about what our plans are on connemara.net, and what’s going on with the old […]
Welcome to our new site
Welcome For the past 2 months we have been busy redeveloping connemara.net. The aim of the new site is simple; to better serve the needs of you, the visitor. Whether […]
Connnemara, Greenland and Iceland
Nicholas Kats, a naturopathic doctor from Connemara and the owner of “Teddy,” a 39-foot steel ketch. In 2012, after several months of planning and anxiety, and hundreds of e-mails, Nick […]
Just published; ‘A Colony of Strangers’ early history of Clifden
[Connemara] was inhabited by a race of people, wild, as its Mountains, whose principal occupation was smuggling, about that time I undertook the difficult task of improving the lands and […]
Clifden Wins Pride of Place
Clifden wins Pride Of Place For the first time ever, Clifden won a major national award. The Galway County Council nominated Clifden as a potential winner for a Pride of […]
Stunning Short Film by Kevin Griffin
Courtesy of Kevin Griffin. About This Film This is a short film showing the moving of cows from the mainland to a nearby island.The Bourke family have been swimming the […]
Connemara based artist Deborah Watkins features on RTE’s Nationwide
RTE’s Nationwide recently featured Connemara based artist Deborah Watkins in their programme. Here’s a clip from the programme above that aired last month. It features Deborah’s work and her studio […]