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A visit to Connemara`s Best Kept Secret... Killary Fjord
The Killary has one very special feature – it is Ireland’s only fjord. Like its Scandinavian counterparts, the fjord was formed during the Ice Age when a glacier excavated a nine-mile long channel down to the sea. That glacier left behind an area of spectacular natural beauty which is one of Connemara’s best kept secrets.
The peace and isolation of the Killary have proved a magnet to artists and writers in the past. The writer Oscar Wilde stayed in Illaunroe Lodge, whilst nearby Rosroe Cottage, now a hostel, was rented by the artist Paul Henry, who painted many of his famous Connemara landscapes there between 1910 - 1920. The Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, compiled one of his major works in a solitary hut at Rosroe in 1948. In more recent times the Killary was the location for the film "The Field".
The Killary is a magical place to visit either on foot or by sea. There are a number of relatively easy shoreline walks which run along the Northern shore of the Killary. Connemara Safaris and Connemara Walking Tours offer guided walking tours of the area. For watersports enthusiasts, Scuba-Dive West offer tuition and diving facilities, while the Little Killary Adventure Centre, and the Delphi Adventure Centre offer a host of water-based and land-based activities. For those seeking something of the social history of the area, the Leenane Cultural Centre is the ideal place to visit.
One thing is certain - the wild, natural beauty of Connemara is nowhere more spectacular than in this unspoilt and largely undiscovered place. A Scandinavian visitor, clearly impressed with Ireland’s only fjord described it as "very beautiful" stating that "although the landscape is quite different from the fjords we have at home, it is equally dramatic. This is a very special place, with a lot of atmosphere and a lot of history". We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
The peace and isolation of the Killary have proved a magnet to artists and writers in the past. The writer Oscar Wilde stayed in Illaunroe Lodge, whilst nearby Rosroe Cottage, now a hostel, was rented by the artist Paul Henry, who painted many of his famous Connemara landscapes there between 1910 - 1920. The Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, compiled one of his major works in a solitary hut at Rosroe in 1948. In more recent times the Killary was the location for the film "The Field".
The Killary is a magical place to visit either on foot or by sea. There are a number of relatively easy shoreline walks which run along the Northern shore of the Killary. Connemara Safaris and Connemara Walking Tours offer guided walking tours of the area. For watersports enthusiasts, Scuba-Dive West offer tuition and diving facilities, while the Little Killary Adventure Centre, and the Delphi Adventure Centre offer a host of water-based and land-based activities. For those seeking something of the social history of the area, the Leenane Cultural Centre is the ideal place to visit.
One thing is certain - the wild, natural beauty of Connemara is nowhere more spectacular than in this unspoilt and largely undiscovered place. A Scandinavian visitor, clearly impressed with Ireland’s only fjord described it as "very beautiful" stating that "although the landscape is quite different from the fjords we have at home, it is equally dramatic. This is a very special place, with a lot of atmosphere and a lot of history". We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
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