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Annaghdown / Corrandulla |
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About Annaghdown
The village, if one could call it that,
meanders around scenic Annaghdown Bay and finish near the old passenger
steamer quay, now used by pleasure and angling craft. A boat marina and
childrens' swimming area are also provided beside the pier. Nearby, there
is a marble memorial to the tragic drowning of twenty villagers on boat
trip to Galway in 1828, recalled in the famous Anthony Raftery poem, Anah
Cuain. Annaghdown is an ideal base to try your hand at trout or salmon
angling or pike and porch angling in the lower section of Lough Corrib. It
is also renowned for its varied collection of ecclesiastical ruins. No less
a person than St. Brendan, the Navigator, is said to have founded a
convent for his sister here. He died at Annaghdown in 577 and was buried
in Clonfert. The more important sites among the ruins include a 12th
century abbey and a cathedral with, perhaps, the finest transitional -
type window, c. 1190, in the land. Nearby, an impressive 15/16th century
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Places of Interest Eanach Cuain (Annaghdown) 54
Má fhaighimse
sláinte is fada a bhéas tráchtadh
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Amenities / Things
To Do Active GAA club Local Golf Society
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