![]() ![]() With its 120 meters high cliffs, its mountains whitewashed by winter snowfall and surrounded by the blue and rough sea, it offers one of the most spectacular landscapes in Europe. Its eastern end is dominated by a large number of sunken Drumlins (glacial hills). In the evening, dinner is a set menu depending on seasonal availability, daily local catch or the best cuts recommended by the local butcher.Īlong with the evening dinner, Clare Island Lighthouse offers a wide selection of European wines.Īfter a quiet and peaceful night, you will be ready to explore the rich natural and historical heritage of the island of Clare, on foot or by bicycle. Guests receive a rich home-cooked breakfast that prepares them for the activities of the chosen day. The Adventure Series is an activity oriented map which shows detailed landscape information, like rivers, lakes, contours, bogs, tracks and other physical. The goal of the lighthouse kitchen is to prepare locally sourced foods, full of freshness and flavor, served in a simple and delicious way. Guests enjoy socializing and socializing in the welcoming warmth of the kitchen, lounge and library. The lighthouse was dismantled in 1965 because, ironically, it is so high with its height of 118 m it was often wrapped in the mist of the cliffs.Īfter 4 years of complete restoration, the Clare Island lighthouse was opened as a historic home in May 2013 offering accommodation for 12 people in 6 separate rooms with private bathrooms designed and carefully furnished individually, some in the main building and others in the outbuildings. The lighthouse was erected in 1806 by the Marquis of Sligo and did his duty for 7 years, until a fire in September 1813 destroyed the lantern and most of the tower. These were two of twenty-six Armada ships wrecked along the Irish. "Michael Cusack of Westport has climbed the Reek more than 100 times, so his Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay: A Guide to the Edge of Europe is informed by lifelong footfall and curiosity.Clare Island Lighthouse is a historic home located on the northernmost point of the pristine island of Clare in County Mayo. In 1588, during ‘ The Pirate Queen ‘ Granuaile’s lifetime, two ships of the Spanish Armada, the San Nicolas Prodaneli and the 1,126 ton El Gran Grin the latter being one of the largest ships in the entire Armada sank at the mouth of Clew Bay. For that amazing view of the drumlin swarm of Clew Bay, he offers not only a name for every island but often a human history of occupancy stretching back before the Famine." Michael Viney, The Irish Times NOTE - This is the black and white version of the book. The color version is also available from Amazon. "Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay" is a treasure of a publication - part social history of the bay's myriad islands, part historical record, part geographic research, with the additional bonus of up to twenty pages of stunning photographs of the islands and the Reek." The Mayo News "This is the first time that every island in Clew Bay, its history and other details has been explored for the armchair traveller, along with tales of the great mountain, shipwrecks, the magical Brackloon Wood, and other remarkable aspects of this area." The Connaught Telegraph Local legend has it that Yoko Ono had a difficult experience when she first stepped on the isolated Clew Bay island of Dorinish in the late 1960's. Although County Mayo has hundreds of offshore and freshwater islands, only a handful of islands and island groups are large enough to be distinguishable on a typical map of the county, namely Achill Island, Clare Island and Inishturk, along with the island clusters of Duvillaun, Inishkea, Clew Bay and the major loughs. She was swooped upon by nesting terns and swore never to return. John Lennon had earlier arranged for a wooden “gypsy caravan” painted in psychedelic colours to be brought from London and floated out to the island on a purpose built raft as a temporary home. He later agreed to allow Sid Rawle, the "King of the Hippies" to establish a commune on the island. Dorinish (pronounced 'Dorinch' locally) is just one of 142 named islands and large rocks in Clew Bay, and many more anonymous patches of land above the Atlantic waves, as well as countless 'drowned' drumlins. The largest of the islands is Clare Island, former home of the "Pirate Queen" Grace O'Malley. This section of the Wild Atlantic Way brings us through Pirate country along the shores of Granuailes. ![]() This 16th century legend imposed her will on countless ships in the area. As a result, she was famously invited to meet a curious Queen Elizabeth. ![]()
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