Staycations 2020: Create your own memories with the glories of Connacht

Connacht, perhaps more than anywhere else on our island, is the quintessential Ireland of postcards and tourist brochures.
Striding across the summit ridge of Slieve Carr, County Mayo, the most remote mountain in Ireland. Picture: Gareth McCormack
Striding across the summit ridge of Slieve Carr, County Mayo, the most remote mountain in Ireland. Picture: Gareth McCormack
Fri, 03 Jul, 2020 - 12:00
Jo Kerrigan

Connacht, perhaps more than anywhere else on our island, is the quintessential Ireland of postcards and tourist brochures.

Visitors have been coming here for generations in search of the unspoiled beauty and peace that Connacht still holds within five counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.

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