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Inishturbot

The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot

By Dan Casey, Contributor
December / January 2005

December 1, 2004 by 5 Comments

On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara coast. It's a smallish hummock of an islet -- a mile long by a half-mile wide, lying a stone's throw from the Eyrephort pier and a 15-minute drive further east to Clifden. One of a score of Galway offshores -- neither as famous as the tourist-trod Arans, nor as sacred as neighboring Omey -- … [Read more...] about The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot

The Death and Resurrection
of Inishturbot

By Dan Casey, Contributor
December / January 2005

December 1, 2004 by 11 Comments

On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara coast. It's a smallish hummock of an islet -- a mile long by a half-mile wide, lying a stone's throw from the Eyrephort pier and a 15-minute drive further east to Clifden. One of a score of Galway offshores -- neither as famous as the tourist-trod Arans, nor as sacred as neighboring Omey -- … [Read more...] about The Death and Resurrection
of Inishturbot

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