Context
Galway is a western city with a strong arts and festival life, while Connemara extends west into a landscape of bogs, lakes, stone walls and Atlantic weather. Irish-language communities remain an important part of the region's identity.
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Galway & Connemara
A west-coast meeting point for music, the Atlantic and the granite landscapes of Connemara.
What to notice
Read the city and landscape together: a walk through Galway's streets can lead to the coast, and the Connemara landscape makes the relationship between land, language and community visible.