Posts Tagged ‘ Gaeltacht ’

Galway With A Difference

Connemara Language and Cultural Centre (CLCC) is a newly formed educational, tourism destination located in Clifden, County Galway. Clifden is the capital town of the geographical region of Connemara, world renowned for its rugged and unspoilt beauty.

CLCC is a unique venue combining an existing holiday village, Clifden Glen, located within a safe and fully self-contained 80 hectare site 1.5 km from Clifden town with an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) school catering for families, groups and individual students. The site contains a licensed clubhouse, restaurant, laundry, 85 detached 3-bedroom lodges, children’s playground, 3 tennis courts, mini-golf course and nature walks, all bounded by the Owenglin, a prolific wild Atlantic salmon spate river. The site is set off the main road with no through traffic and is a haven of tranquility and safety adjacent to Connemara National Park with the magnificent backdrop of the Twelve Bens Mountain range.  Continue reading

Connemara: Where Memories Are Made

Whenever someone asks me where I live and I say Connemara I almost always get the following reaction – “Oh I’ve great memories of Connemara.”.  It seems everyone who has spent time in Connemara has a story to tell.  Whether it’s a childhood summer building sandcastles in Ciarán Beag, Carraroe or a fortnight in a mobile home in Roundstone; maybe a week in a fine hotel in Clifden or even a month brushing up on their Irish in the Gaeltacht, Connemara holds a special place in everyone’s heart.  Continue reading