This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Visitor Center Attractions In Western Ireland

x
The West Region is a NUTS Level III statistical region of the Republic of Ireland. It consists of the territory of the city of Galway and the counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. The West region spans 13,801 km² and has a population of 380,057 . Prior to 2014, the region was governed by the West Regional Assembly. Statutory instrument No. 573/2014 abolished that assembly. Since that date, the association between Regional Assemblies and NUTS regions has ceased. The NUTS regions are used for statistical reporting to Eurostat, while the Regional Assemblies are responsible for planning at a local government level. The region is located on the western s...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Visitor Center Attractions In Western Ireland

  • 1. Rathcroghan Royal Site Tulsk
    Rathcroghan is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the traditional capital of the Connachta, a term used to describe the prehistoric and early historic rulers of the western territory. The Rathcroghan Complex is a unique archaeological landscape with many references found in early Irish medieval manuscripts. Located on the plains of Connacht , Rathcroghan is one of the six Royal Sites of Ireland. This landscape which extends over six square kilometres, consists of 240 plus archaeological sites, sixty of which are protected national monuments. These monuments range from the Neolithic , through the Bronze and Iron Age , to the early medieval period and beyond. These monuments include burial mounds, ringforts and...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Cong Tourist Office Cong
    Cong is a village straddling the borders of County Galway and County Mayo, in Ireland.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 6. Fenagh Visitor Centre County Leitrim
    The Book of Fenagh Irish: Leabar Fidhnacha is a manuscript of prose and poetry written in Classical Irish by Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maolconaire in the monastery at Fenagh, County Leitrim. It was commissioned by Tadhg O'Roddy, the coarb of the monastery, and is believed to derive from the old Book of Caillín , a lost work about Caillín, founder of the monastery. Ó Maolconaire began work about 1516.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 7. Sligo Tourist Office Sligo
    Sligo is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the second largest urban centre in the West of Ireland, with only Galway being larger. The Sligo Borough District constitutes 61% of the county's population of 63,000.Sligo is a historic, cultural, commercial, industrial, retail and service centre of regional importance in the West of Ireland. Served by rail, port and road links, Sligo exerts a significant influence on its hinterland. Sligo is also a popular tourist destination, being situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, with many literary and cultural associations.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 13. Athenry Heritage Centre Athenry
    Athenry is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th century Anglo-Norman street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song The Fields of Athenry.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 14. Galway Discover Ireland Centre Galway
    Inishbofin is a small island off the coast of Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Inishbofin has around 180 inhabitants and is a popular tourist destination.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Western Ireland Videos

Shares

x

Places in Western Ireland

x

Regions in Western Ireland

x

Near By Places

Menu