Connemara Heritage and History Centre

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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. It was established in the late 1980s. ()

Established: 1992 (32 years ago)Coordinates: 53°28'46"N, 9°54'42"W

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Connemara Heritage and History Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Diamond Hill, Kylemore Lough, Benbaun, Bencorr.

4.8 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Diamond Hill, Connemara National Park
122 min walk • Diamond Hill or Bengooria is an isolated peak overlooking the village of Letterfrack, in the northwest corner of the Twelve Bens in Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland.
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kylemore Lough
155 min walk • Kylemore Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
4.4 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Benbaun, Connemara National Park
112 min walk • Benbaun at 729 metres, is the 72nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 88th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencorr
123 min walk • Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in Galway, Ireland.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twelve Bens
113 min walk • The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
5.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Errisbeg
146 min walk • Errisbeg Mountain or Errisbeg situated at Roundstone, County Galway, in the West of Ireland with a height of 300 m. Eventhough a clear signposted track is lacking. Climbing the Errisbeg is a feasable hike for most fit people. It offers a magnificient view on both, Roundstone bog and the Atlantic.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencollaghduff
120 min walk • Bencollaghduff at 696 metres, is the 93rd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 115th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
7 miSW
Lake
Maumeen Lough
178 min walk • Maumeen Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.