West from Galway was Connemara, but first a quick stop at An Spidéal for a quick look around the craft village before continuing on to Oughterrard for a visit to the Aughnanure Castle, built in approximately 1500. We were in luck as they were having an open day with free tours of the castle. We went up narrow spiral stone staircases to the first level where they were showing paintings from local artists, then up to the next level where they were playing traditional Irish music.

We then drove on to Clifden, a beautiful village on the coast, before continuing to the cliffs of Moher. The Burren with its bare, vast, limestone areas, and not to be missed the 5,000-year-old tomb that was used by the stone dwellers to bury their dead.