🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Clifden Heritage Walk

📍 Galway🚶 10 stops🚶️ 1.91km⌛ ~55 min

A hotel with a genuine Marconi connection, the terminus of the old Galway-Clifden railway now a pub and museum, and a courthouse and former bridewell at the gateway to Connemara — 10 stops through Clifden. Looking for things to do in Clifden? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Tomás Ó Faoláin Monument
  2. Station House (Clifden Railway Station)
  3. Railway Museum (Former Engine House)
  4. Christ Church (Omey)
  5. Foyle's Hotel (Marconi Restaurant)
  6. Clifden Courthouse
  7. St Joseph's Catholic Church
  8. St Joseph's Convent School
  9. The Bridewell
  10. Ardbear Old Bridge

For Schools

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