Renew your acquaintance with Connemara
Romantic Getaway
Abbey Glen Castle Hotel for champagne romance, music & a gift for the ladies
Renvyle House Hotel where Yeats spent his honeymoon has turf fires champagne & gourmet food prepared by chef Tim O' Sullivan
Clifden Station House enjoy complimentary Prosecco & a special Valentine Menu prepared by local chef John O' Toole
For your own little hideaway Connemara Coastal Cottage have some special offers
If the way to your heart is through your stomach...then
Going out
EJKings Clifden offers a Love at First Bite 6 course menu for €27.50
O'Dowd's Roundstone Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide
2 courses from €19.50
The Twelve in Barna offers an I love you menu
Starting & ending with a kiss with foreplay in between from €50
Staying InPick up some Honey Smoked Tuna or other smoked products from Connemara Smoke House (not open Sat Sun) in Ballyconneely or pop into McGeough Butchers in Oughterard for some speciality foods to enjoy at home.
Suggested Taste of Connemara Menu with recipes from local chefs & producers
Connemara Lamb with a Herb & Mustard Crust
Passion Fruit & Vanilla Creme Brulee
Gift Suggestions
Life is grand in Con O Mara's world -Say it with his & hers T-shirts
Buy her or him a rock (connemara marble jewellery)
Romantic Strolls
Produce your own diamond after a walk up Diamond Hill at Connemara National Park
Enjoy Sunday lunch at Kylemore Abbey followed by a stroll through the grounds. Mitchell Henry built Kylemore for his wife after they visited Connemara on their honeymoon.
Watch the sunset from the Sky Road -check the forecast first
Stroll on the beach at Dog's Bay or Renvyle Glassilaun Beach
If you can't get to Connemara then why not imagine yourself there!
Here are a couple of suggestions to get you in the mood
Movies
'The Matchmaker' or Tristan & Isolde or the original Connemara romantic masterpiece The Quiet Man
Music
Dessie O' Halloran Say you Love Me or Courtin in Kitchen
Books
Star of the Sea Joseph O' Connor
Malina -Penny Perrick
An Afterglow -Connemara Poems edited by Des Lally & Peter Fallon
Conamara Blues -John O' Donoghue
A couple of Connemara Poems
Connemara Images Virginia O' Malley
In Connemara George William Russell
Irish Proverb
Níl leigheas ar an ngrá ach posadh
There is no cure for love only marriage
