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This is picture postcard country (weather permitting), if you ever get a chance to visit Ireland well your trip would not be complete without checking out Connemara in all it glory.

Roundstone in Connemara, Co. Galway is one of the oldest fishing villages in Connemara, nestled amongst the twelve Pins and is bordered by the vast Atlantic ocean. The village was built in the 1820's by Scottish engineer Alexander Nimmo. who settled in Connemara.

In Roundstone you will find a busy little harbour, where local fishermen prepare and return with the days catches of lobster, crayfish, crab and mackerel, plus a variety of other fish which can be sampled in the local restaurants/pubs.

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Kylemore Abbey is located in the Kylemore Pass in Connemara, County Galway. It has been home to the Irish Benedictine nuns since 1920.

The Benedictine nuns bought the house in 1920, having fled their convent in war-torn Belgium in 1914, where they ran a boarding school for girls for over 300 years.

They re-established the school here and it is still very much alive today.

The Abbey was originally built in 1868 by Mitchell Henry, in memory of his late wife Margaret.
Its architecture is best described as neo-gothic and the house still displays all the characteristics of that period.

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