The Wild Atlantic Way and Western Ireland by Tom Cooper

Author:Tom Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783626465
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Published: 2018-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

STAGE 3

Roonah Quay to Tully

Start Roonah Quay

Distance 59.1km

Ascent 825m

Terrain Hilly

Summit 80m at 43km

The gateway into Connemara from the north is through Doo Lough Glen, one of the most scenic passes in Ireland. The pass ends at one of Ireland’s few fjords, Killary Glen. A steady climb to the west of the crossroads town of Leenaun (sometimes Leenane) leads into the heart of the mountains, before another glacial pass leads to the sand dunes and beaches of northwest Connemara at Tully.

In 1849, at the height of the famine, hundreds of men, women and children marched up Doo Lough Glen to plead with the Famine Commissioners meeting at Delphi Lodge. Help was refused, and many died in the snow on the return march.

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