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County Galway

Other sights in County Galway

  1. Medieval Banquet

    The least authentic way to visit Dunguaire Castle is to attend a medieval banquet. Yuck-filled stage shows and shtick provide diversions while you plough through a big group meal.

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    Teach Synge

    This thatched cottage, on the road just before you head up to the fort Dún Chonchúir, is where the writer JM Synge spent his summers between 1898 and 1902.

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  3. Patrick Pearse's Cottage

    Near Gortmore, along the R340, is Patrick Pearse’s Cottage. Pádraig Pearse (1879–1916) led the Easter Rising with James Connolly in 1916; after the revolt he was executed by the British. Pearse wrote some of his short stories and plays in this small thatched cottage.

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  4. Spiddal Craft & Design Studios

    As you approach the village of Spiddal, situated on your right are the Spiddal Craft & Design Studios, where you can watch woodworkers, leather workers, sculptors and weavers plying their crafts, or have lunch at Bistro Jackie (Tel: 091-55030), which offers superlative soda bread.

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    Bold Art Gallery

    There’s never a dull moment at this effervescent modern art gallery, which seems to have a bottomless pit of inspiration when it comes to wit. Works vary between the profane, the beautiful and the moving but are never mundane. The owner is a fountain of local knowledge; ask to see the card showing what happens before and after you drink Guinness.

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