Watch potters, painters, jewellers and weavers plying their crafts at the Ceardlann an Spiddal Craft & Design Studios. Two-day basket-weaving workshops cost €140.
The complex also houses the popular Builín Blasta cafe.
Spiddal Craft Village
County Galway
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