Below is an initial sample of the numerous links we plan to include.
As our links section expands, we will introduce separate categories.
For now, links are listed alphabetically. Links will open in a new window.
Click here for links to local services in the Slieve Aughty area.
- Abbey village Co. Galway (An Mhainistir)
The village takes its name from the ‘Abbey of Kilnalahan’ in the barony of Leitrim.
- Athenry
Arts And Heritage Centre
Athenry boasts some of the best preserved medieval buildings,
walls and artifacts in Europe. The Heritage Centre is situated
in the ruins of the medieval St. Mary's Parish Church.
- Athenry Tidy Towns
Glan is glas.
- Aughty Public Art Projects
A community focused contemporary art project in the rural context of the Aughties, crossing the borders of Galway and Clare.
- BAFFLE
The Loughrea-based "Bowes' Academic Fellowship And Fraternity
Of Literary Esoterics"
- Baile
Átha 'n Rí
Mythology, History and Stories from O'Regan's Athenry
- Ballinakill (Baile na Cille)
The Parish of Ballinakill is situated high in the Sliabh Aughty Mountains.
- Ballinasloe.org
News, views and fiery attitudes!
- Beagh Roots Galway
Genealogical information about Beagh, the most southerly parish of County Galway.
- Beara-Breifne Greenway
Slí Beara-Breifne follows the line of O’Sullivan’s
fourteen-day flight in 1603, together with one thousand supporters,
from Beara to Breifne.
- Birdwatch
Galway
The Galway branch of Birdwatch Ireland
- Burrenbeo
The living Burren.
- Burren College of Art
Committed to the initial education of artists, and to their continuing professional development.
- Burren Lowlands
Burren Lowlands is an area of significant cultural and landscape heritage stretching from the Slieve Aughties to the Burren Highlands and from Kinvarra to Crusheen.
- Castlebawn - McNamara Towerhouse
A Conservation and Restoration Project in Scariff Bay Lough Derg Co. Clare
- Castle
Ellen
Caislean Eilise, Baile Atha an Riogh, Co. na Gaillimhe
- CELT
Centre for Environmental Living and Training
- Clare
Biodiversity
Information on biodiversity in Clare.
- Centre
for Landscape Studies, NUIG
Promotes interdisciplinary study of landscape in its physical,
cultural, social and ecological aspects.
- Clare
Birdwatch
The Clare branch of Birdwatch Ireland
- Clare
County Council
- Clare
County Library
Features numerous and in-depth heritage resources for County Clare.
- Clare
County Museum
Featuring The Riches of Clare
- Clare Heritage
A joint project by The Clare Archaeological Society and The Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society fostering interest in Clare's Ancient Heritage
- Clare
Heritage Office
Providing information relating to the Heritage Department of Clare
County Council
- Clare
Lifelong Learning Network
- Clare Local Development Company (CLDC)
Aims to promote and deliver supports and services for social inclusion, enterprise, rural and community development.
- Clare Past Forum (Clare County Library)
Genealogy forum dedicated to county residents and members of the Clare Diaspora.
- Clare Roots Society
Family history group in Co. Clare.
- Clare Three-Legged Stool Poets
Celebrates the poetic work of men and women from the three "halves" of Clare.
- Clare
Walks
Walks in Clare
- Clonfert Research Project
To develop a greater understanding and awareness of Clonfert founded by St Brendan the Navigator.
- Clontuskert.com
Clontuskert Heritage Group
- Cnoc na Gaoithe (Windswept Hill)
The Tulla Comhaltas Cultural Centre, County Clare. Ireland.
- Cois
na hAbhna
Regional resource centre & archive of Comhaltas Ceoiltóirí Éireann for the Meitheal region.
- Coole
Park
Once the home of Lady Gregory (1852-1932), dramatist, co-founder
of the Abbey Theatre and friend of the poet WB Yeats. Coole Park,
Gort, Co Galway is a national park open to the public all year
round.
- Cooley Collins 30th Traditional Irish Music Festival
Friday 24th - Monday 27th October 2014, Gort, County Galway.
- Cuimhneamh
an Chláir
Voluntary group documenting, recording and sharing the memories
of County Clare
- Cumann
Merriman
The 2017 Cumann Merriman Summer School.
- Cúirt
an Mheán Oíche
Brian Merriman's "Midnight Court", edited and translated
into English by Noel Fahey.
- Derrygill Wood
Derrygill Wood is located approximately three kilometres southeast of the village of Woodford. Derrycrag, Rosturra and Pollnaknockaun known as Woodford Forest.
- Dúchas
na Sionna
The official website of Dúchas na Sionna, the Shannon Heritage
Group.
- East
Clare Accessible Transport
Promotes equality of access and support for rural communities.
- East Clare Walking Festival
19th-21st September 2014.
- East Clare Way
In the early 1990s people from the ten parishes of East Clare came together with a common goal.
- East Galway Family History Society
Offers a Genealogical Research Service through Church, State, Land, Graveyard and Census records.
- Environmental
Sciences Association of Ireland
Useful links
- 'Fadó Fadó'
a series of stories about Life In Rural Ireland told by members of the Ballinasloe Active Retirement Association.
- Feakle International Festival of Traditional Irish Music
Wednesday 9th to Monday 14th August 2017.
- Gaeilge
Locha Riach
Promotion of Gaeilge in East Galway
- An
Gáirdín, Portumna, Lough Derg
'To learn to live in communion with one another & with the
great diversity of life around us.'
- Galway Arts
Centre
Home of the West of Ireland's leading multi-disciplinary arts
centre.
- Galway Community Heritage
History and heritage online archive for communities in County Galway, west of Ireland.
- Galway County Biodiversity Project - People and Nature
Information and advice about caring for nature in your area.
- Galway County
Council
- Galway
County Council Heritage Department
- Galway
County Library
- Galway East, great place, great people
With a wealth of historic castles, houses and monuments, Galway East resounds to the
echoes of the past...
- galway.net
Tourism and regional information website.
- Galway
Public Libraries Blog
Keep up to date with what's happening at the Library,a weblog
of library news, book chat, events, websites and more!
- Galway Rural
Development
Galway Rural Development fund rural enterprise and community activities
in County Galway.
- Gort Heritage Market Town
'Set within the plain between the stunning Slieve Aughty Mountains and the Burren.'
- Gort
Online
An online guide to the area of Gort and South Galway.
- Gort Resource Centre
We are here to provide support and services to the people of Gort and the surrounding area.
- Grey Lake Ramblers
Walking group based in Loughrea, Co. Galway.
- Ground Up Artists Collective
Supports, promotes and advocates for rural based art projects and events which engage with local communities of place or communities of interest.
- Group 8
Artists Collective in Ballinasloe, Galway, Ireland.
- Guaire
Guaire features the news, stories, reflections and history of the local community at home and abroad.
- Hen Harrier Ireland
Blog to educate and to increase awareness of Hen Harriers in Ireland, their ecology, their uniqueness and the factors influencing their conservation.
- Heritage
Council Website
The National Heritage Council's role is to propose policies and
priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and
enhancement of the national heritage.
- Hymany Way, East Galway
Portumna to Aughrim on the western side of the Shannon
- Intute
Intute is a free online service providing you with a database
of hand selected Web resources for education and research.
- Ireland Reaching Out
The national reverse genealogy programme: working to reconnect 70 million Irish diaspora back to their place of origin in Ireland.
- Irish
Seed Savers Association
A voluntary organisation dedicated to the location and preservation
of traditional varieties of fruit and vegetables.
- The Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland.
A real story in a real workhouse
- Journal
of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Tables of Contents of issues of the Journal from 1900 to 2002.
- Killnadeema
- Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
- The
Kiltartan Gregory Museum and Millennium Park
Largely devoted to the works of Augusta Lady Gregory (1852 - 1932).
Also features a recreated National School classroom of the past.
- Kiltullagh/Killimordaly
Online
Aiming to keep you informed on what's happening in this Co. Galway
community.
- Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering of Women Writers 2013
The 2013 Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering, now in its 19th year, is being celebrated in Coole Park and in Gort, by including a tribute to women writers all over the world!
- The Lady Gregory Yeats Heritage Trail
Incorporates historical sites in South Galway associated with Lady Gregory and W.B.Yeats.
- Landscape
Forum Ireland
"Those who would seize the day come together in Landscape
Forum Ireland to invest energy, creativity and vision in the making
of a landscape of natural and cultural excellence."
- Lawrencetown
Village, Co Galway
An Baile Mór Síol Anmchadha - "The Town of
the Descendants of Ambrose"
- logainm.ie
Placenames database of Ireland - Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann
- Lough Derg
Lough Derg on the great River Shannon is surrounded by Clare, Galway and North Tipperary, with South Offaly and Limerick also nearby.
- Loughrea Medieval Festival 25th–27th August 2017
Presenting Medieval Loughrea to locals and visitors to the area.
- Mountshannon
East Clare village located on the shores of Lough Derg.
- Mountshannon Eagles
Home of the White Tailed Sea Eagle on Lough Derg, County Clare, Ireland.
- Moynoe
The ancient parish of Moynoe
- Music of Clare Project
Our aim is to present a sample of the rich musical culture of the county of Clare.
- Oidhreacht
an Chláir
A new institute for higher education catering for students of
all aspects of Irish tradition, history and literature.
- The Other Clare
Tables of contents for The Other Clare, issues from 1977 to 2016.
- Placenames of Galway
A searchable database of placenames in Galway county, a county in the west of Ireland.
- Pollagoona, Slieve Aughty, Co. Clare
Pollagoona bog is an area of high quality blanket bog located in the extensively afforested Slieve Aughty.
- Portumna.net
Portumna Community & Tourism - news, sport, clubs & groups
& tourist information.
- Quin
(Irish: Cuinche, meaning "five ways") A site for the village and people of Quin, Clooney, Maghera and Dangan County Clare.
- Rosturra Wood
Rosturra Wood is situated approximately three kilometres east of the village of Woodford. The forest is divided between two townlands, Rosturra and Derrylahan.
- The
Scariff (Official) Website
News and information from Scariff, "The Heart of East Clare."
- Scariff Harbour Festival: 28th-31st July 2016
Aims to promote the leisure and pleasure potential of Lough Derg, the inland waterways and the East Clare countryside.
- Shannon IRBD
Shannon River Basin District
- Shannon Region Trails
Trails in the counties bordering Lough Derg.
- Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna, Co. Galway
14-17 September 2017. Provides an opportunity for local members of our community to celebrate the arts.
- Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project
Project aims at preserving, researching and spreading the information on the history of the iron industry in northeast Co. Clare and southeast Co. Galway.
- Sliabh Aughty Journal
Tables of Contents for the Sliabh Aughty Journal (published in East Clare), issues from around 1989 to 2007.
- Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA
The site extends southwards from just south of Lough Rea, County Galway to Scariff in County Clare.
- Shannon IRBD
Shannon River Basin District
- Shannon Region Trails
Trails in the Shannon Region - which covers counties Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary and South West Offaly.
- Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna, Co. Galway
14-17 September 2017. Provides an opportunity for local members of our community to celebrate the arts.
- Slieve Aughty Walking Club
(Formerly Kilchreest Ramblers) was formed in Kilchreest in 2009.
- Spancil
Hill Fair
Friday, June 23rd 2017. Eve of Fair Family Fun June 22nd at 5.00pm.
- South East Galway Archaeological & Historical Society
SEGAHS is a voluntary organisation highlighting the richness of the history, archaeology and folklore of South East Galway.
- The Suck Valley Way
A 100km circular route in East Galway/Roscommon area located along the Banks of the River Suck
- Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society
Archaeological and Historical Society for the Mid West (Thomond) Region
- Tipperary
Institute
"Promoting sustainable social and economic development in
the region served by the Institute"
- Tulla Courthouse
Situated in the heart of East Clare, The Courthouse is in the centre of Tulla which is between Ennis and Scariff.
- Tulla Stables Artists Studios
The Studios were set up by the Arts Office of Clare County Council to provide workspaces for visual artists in the county.
- The Twelve O’Clock Hills - Knockanuarha
The project aim is to celebrate the heritage of the many hill dwellers who once lived in Upper Belvoir, Crag and Snata and provide safe and signed walking routes for recreational, heritage and scenic purposes.
- Visit
Clare
Official East Clare Tourism Website
- Waterway
Walks by Lough Derg
Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI) guide to walks
in the Lough Derg area.
- West
On Track
West On Track is a community-based campaign in the towns, villages
and cities of the West of Ireland aimed at re-opening the Western
Rail Corridor
- Western Family History Association | Cumann Stair Teaghlaigh an Iarthair
Genealogy association based in Galway, Ireland.
- Whitegate Community Website
An Geata Bán - 'a bright place' on the Munster and Connaught border.
- Wild
Geese Heritage Museum and Library
Based in Portumna, Co. Galway
- Woodford
The town is located in a scenic area of South East County Galway, with the River Shannon on one side and on the other the Slieve Aughty mountains.
- Woodford
- Graig na Muilte Iarainn
Information on the town of Woodford, Co. Galway
- Woodville House Walled Garden, Kilchreest. Co Galway.
Woodville House is set at the foot of the Slieve Aughty Mountains in South East Galway.
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