Connemara Heritage and History Centre
The Connemara Heritage and History Centre, also called Dan O'Hara's Homestead, is an open-air museum in the village of Lettershea, near the town of Clifden, County Galway, in the Connemara region, Ireland.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum
- Also known as: “Connemara Heritage Centre”
- Address: Lettershea
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Benglenisky.
Benglenisky
Peak
Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Benglenisky at 516 metres, is the 368th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benglenisky is the second most southern peak, after neighbouring Benlettery, of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the lowest of the core Twelve Bens. Benglenisky is situated 3½ km east of Connemara Heritage and History Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifden and Letterfrack.
Clifden
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, Public domain.
Clifden is a small town on the northwest coast of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It grew up as a harbour and market town, then after the Famine became a coast resort with its present Victorian architecture.
Letterfrack
Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.
Roundstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roundstone is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway. Lying opposite the island of Inishnee on Roundstone Bay, by road it is 76 kilometres northwest of Galway and 18 kilometres southeast of Clifden. Roundstone is situated 9 km south of Connemara Heritage and History Centre.
Connemara Heritage and History Centre
- Categories: open-air museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.47948° or 53° 28′ 46″ northLongitude
-9.91154° or 9° 54′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C5GF3HQ+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1098895579OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5161761
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Connemara Heritage and History Centre” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Connemara senter for kulturarv og historie”
- Norwegian: “Connemara senter for kulturarv og historie”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ring fort and Crannog.
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