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Clifden Castle

Category: Archaeological Sites
Location: Clifden

Fodor's Review:

A 2-km (1-mi) walk along the beach road through the grounds of the ruined Clifden Castle is the best way to explore the seashore. The castle was built in 1815 by John D'Arcy, the town's founder, who laid out the town's wide main street on a long ridge with a parallel street below it. D'Arcy was High Sheriff of Galway, and his greatest wish was to establish a center of law and order in what he saw as the lawless wilderness of Connemara. Before the founding of Clifden, the interior of Connemara was largely uninhabited, with most of its population clinging to the seashore.

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