There are some great nominations for #connemara and this past week I have been tweeting some ways to #gowild or why #connemara is #wild as inspiration for nominations! The first 50 ways are here -Connemara -best Place to Go Wild in Ireland 50 Ways and in this post I have 51! So far 101 ways to #gowild or that Connemara is wild.
Here's some suggestions in no particular order....with more to follow over the next week or so!
- .#gowild #connemara 'ferocious' o'flahertys, pirate queens, hunter gatherers, Vikings, discover wild past of connemara @archaeologywalk
- #GoWild #connemara 2014 30 years celebrating Bog Week & Sea Week http://ceecc.org multi layer festivals with music,science & more
- #GoWild #connemara Music from Sinker in Sailors Bar @KylemoreHotel Rose & Stuart always happy to suggest ways to Stroll #connemara
- #GoWild #connemara Celtic Gardens themed gardens, acres of woodland, wildflowers, nature trails & more @BrigitsGardenIE
- #GoWild #connemara follow Brigid Sealys Wildflower Diary http://connemaraflowers.eu
- #gowild #connemara starryskies & moonlight photos @killarybhoy compelling reasons for #darksky #connemara other photos great too!
- #Gowild #connemara @griffin_photo LastManStanding life of pascal whelan formerstuntman & sole resident of OmeyIsland -he knows the tides
- #gowild #connemara Wildflowers means lots of pollen for honeybees Have you tried Connemara Honey Lip Balm or local honey?
- #gowild #connemara No train anymore to Clifden but @ClifdenStatHse Signal Bar & Railway Platform are & Theatre is original Goodstore
- #gowild #connemara Just because you are in the wilds you don't have to deprive yourself of shopping! @Ohhbygum Eco-chic in #clifden
- #gowild #connemara Marconi sent the 1st wireless transmission from the bog at Derrygimlagh now a discovery point on #wildatlanticway
- #gowild #connemara Something about Derrygimlagh! Alcock & Brown made 1st transatlantic flight 1919 and ended up in the bog there!
- #gowild #connemara Connemara National Park 2,957 hectares of mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands
- #gowild #Connemara island life @VisitInishbofin (winner of best island holiday @IrishTimesCultr
- #gowild #connemara spiritual paths ,pilgrimmages & piseogs Mac Dara Island , Mamean ,St Cailins Well & the fairy tree at killary harbour
- #GoWild #Connemara founder of #clifden john Darcy declared people were 'wild like the mountains' his castle ruins on the sky road
- #gowild #connemara run around highways & byways Conamara 10km or sky rd 10k @MarconiRun @Connemara100 @Connemarathon or Loop-a-thon
- #GoWild #connemara on your bike! @CroiGalway Lough Corrib Cycle /roundstone Tour de Bog/ Ras Chonamara / Aware Cycle
- #GoWild #connemara around @Connemaraloop set the scene for The Field. Bull McCabe rugged & unyielding character matched the landscape
- #gowild #connemara fancy throwing a pot or watch Alan Gaillard doing it! Sandra does felt work - both inspired by their surroundings
- #gowild #connemara visit @Ceardlann to see creative crafts people at work overlooking #WildAtlanticWay at Spiddal
- #GoWild #connemara arrival of Mayfly brings the fishing fans to Lough corrib oughterard enjoy the apres fishing chats @Breathnachs Bar
- #gowild #connemara not just for fishing Corrib has 365 Islands start with Inchagoill tour with Corrib Cruises new church is circa 1180
- #gowild #connemara Omey Races Fearless jockeys racing ponies on Omey Strand at 'the other Galway Races'
- #gowild #connemara catch your supper beside the White Lady or at the Hawks Nest or one of the other shore fishing locations
- #gowild #connemara 'for big ones that got away' charter boats fish for Shark(45kg) bluefin tuna or congers (18kg) & a variety of others
- #gowild #connemara Tim Robinson records & maps it -little Gaelic Kingdom, Pool of Darkness & Listening to the Wind. Folding Landscapes
- #gowild #connemara Learn how to paint the Landscape with artists Kenneth Webb & Sara Sue McNeill Painting breaks @AlcockandBrown
- #gowild #connemara once the local drink was MountainDew but @IndBrewing don't need to run from excise man! craft beer from Carraroe
- #gowild #connemara talking of beer. Ceol & craic @GriffinsBar @CoynesBar @EJKings @ForgeMoycullen @RegansMoycullen pubs that tweet
- #gowild #connemara Tracks,Trails & Waymarked Ways in #connemara include Western Way, Diamond Hill, Inis Nee or Inisbofin & New Village
- #gowild #connemara The Gaeltacht brings back memories for many ..the céili mór or the bean an tí! @Col_na_nOilean
- #gowild #connemara Explore the Gaeltacht & brush up on your cúpla focail Súil Siar -Coastal & Mountains Guides http://www.walkingwest.ie/
- . #gowild #connemara -in the countdown to 1916Rising centenary visit the' little Gaelic Kingdom' where Padraig Pearse spent his summers
- #gowild #connemara Aughanure Castle example of Irish tower house owned by O' Flahertys & Grace O' Malley -one of many in the area
- #gowild #connemara Donal Flaherty motto 'fortune favours the strong' Grainne OMalley 'Powerful by land and by sea" Power marriage
- #gowild #connemara #Wildcharacters In 1790's Máirtín Mór O' Máille smuggler kept barrel of wine available for all to drink from it!
- #gowild #connemara #wildcharacters Humanity Dick/ Hair Trigger Dick or Richard Martin a colourful character who lived @BallynahinchCas
- #gowild #connemara #wildcharacters Big Jack Joyce - King of Joyce County featured in many travel accounts in 1800's
- #gowild #connemara #wildcharacters Cailleach na Luibhe -The Hag of the Herbs -power of the curse or the cure
- #gowild #connemara #wildcharacters Padraig na mBan (Padraig of the Women) who allegedly had 12 wives in Gleann Glaise in the 1800's
- #gowild #connemara #wildcharacters Wherever you go in Connemara there's still a few characters out and about!
- #gowild #connemara Curlews & Corncrakes or Ravens or Gulls the latest sightings @GalwayBirdNews & on this blog http://www.dermotbreen.blogspot.com
- #gowild #connemara @RTERnaG @ConnemaraRadio @ConnemaraJ @GalwayBayFM958 @CTribune Glór Chonamara @ConnemaraNet the local news & events
- #gowild #connemara @TG4TV @RosNaRun Flavour of Gaeltacht and rural life filmed in Spiddal - a few wild storylines through the years.
- #gowild #connemara 1st film in Irish 1978 by Bob Quinn Poitin -Poteen maker attempts to avoid attentions of Gardai in Connemara.
- #gowild #connemara 2011 The Guard with Brendan Gleeson filmed in Leitir Móir, Leitir Mealláin , An Spidéal & Barna #wildcharacter
- #gowild #connemara Into the West (1992) filmed around Roundstone The title says it all ...where everyone should be heading!
- #gowild #connemara @WestExpo plan to bring Best of the West to the capital nxt February.Like the Guiness Ad in1977 'Ta siad ag teacht'
- #gowild #connemara take to the skies for a different view of the landscape http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvvYpB-KVY … sky road paraglide
- #gowild #connemara always remember to Leave no Trace - take nothing but pictures & leave nothing but footprints
