West Clare
Ian Arb
West Clare
Kilrush is the official heritage town and its historic character is evident when taking a stroll along its streets. It is a very well planned town and rewards the walker of seeing well preserved, cut stone townhouses, traditional shops and pubs. Other noticeable buildings include the marvellous Roman Catholic St Senan’s Church with its Harry Clarke stained class.
Vandeleur Walled Garden
The garden is a beautiful space to visit and walk around in. Stroll around the old perimeter path, enjoy the exotic plants, take in the maze and the water features and admire the beautiful stone work of the walls and buildings that have survived into the new century.
Dolphin Watching
Kilrush has become popular with dolphin watching since the recent discovery that the Shannon Estuary was one of the few areas in the world that was home to a permanent school of bottlenose dolphins.
Scattery Island
Home to the remains of a 6th century monastic settlement set up by the patron saint of the area - St Senan. As an uninhabited island a mile-and-a-half from Kilrush, it is a refuge to visitors who, as well as enjoying viewing the remains of six churches and a magnificent round tower, can also walk along the ‘street’ where the homes of the last inhabitants lie together.
Check out this amazing photography video on West Clare as it’s well worth a watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ErPWmE-Lvo (Copy & paste into a new tab)
Thanks for reading,
Ian
Comments
Very nice, Ian. I love watching dolphins.
Aye Dolphins are wonderful creatures.
Nice pics, I've been to the bear caves in Clare. I didn't see any bears tho 🙁
lol bear caves? I'm not surprised there wasn't any bears 😛
the bears scared themselves away ;_;
voted!
votado
my vote. thx for the pics
Voted... I love Clare.... except in hurling though... up the Rebels!
beautiful... :3
bigger pics maybe? or more...
very voted
The youtube video has lots of pics so I recommend give it a watch!
Looks awesome!
Nice place!
Nice!
Dolphins < 333
Ireland looks lovely
Do South Armagh 😛
To fulfill your Republican background, ok 😉