Bearnaigh (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 02:00 pm: |
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Haigh, I'm in Galway untill tomorrow. Can anyone suggets a quick itenery for seeing the Gaeltacht, within 5 hours, and by bus |
Cionaodh
Member Username: Cionaodh
Post Number: 399 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 02:38 pm: |
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I'm in Galway untill tomorrow. Can anyone suggets a quick itenery for seeing the Gaeltacht, within 5 hours, and by bus With only 5 hours at your disposal, "seeing" is nearly all you're going to do in the "Gaeltacht", since it's comprised of relatively scattered villages -- so you'd spend most of that 5 hour period on the road. The scenery around the Irish-speaking villages is pretty much like the rest of the west, so just take a bus tour from Galway and have them show you the noteworthy sights of Conamara. If you want to narrow your target from "the Gaeltacht" to "a Gaeltacht village", then your 5 hours may be slightly better utilised. Pick one of the Gaeltacht villages, preferably nearer Galway so that you don't waste a huge chunk of your 5 hours en route to it. Find out when the buses run to & from there, then off you go. Visit shops, chat with people on the road, and have a few pints at the pub, preferably later when more people will be there. And do mind the bus schedule, as some towns are only served once a day (we're now out of prime tourist season, mind you). I'm of the opinion that it won't matter much which town/village you choose, as 5 hours does none of them much justice. If that's all you've got, it's better than none, I suppose. http://www.gaeilge.org FRC - Fáilte Roimh Cheartúcháin
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Bearnaigh (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 07:14 am: |
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Unfortunatly, due to having to wait to get stuff in the shops here, I wont even be doing the 5 hours. I did hear a father and his 3 kids cack-cacking in Irish. It was very natural, and none of that horrible sly smiling one sees from non-natives when they speak, as if irish was a big joke. He was asking about a shop in a tone that said he was wanting to get out of town before too long |