Connemara National Park
Mountains, bogs and heaths in the northwest of Connemara, County Galway
Western blanket bog and heathland cover most of this park, with purple moorgrass colouring the hills and sundew and butterworts trapping insects in the poor soil. Mountains, grasslands and forests fill the rest of its roughly 2,957 ha on Ireland's west coast.
Things to do
- Try thisLook for sundew and butterworts on the boglands
- WildlifeWatch for meadow pipits, skylarks and European stonechats across the heath
- Try thisFind the 4,000-year-old megalithic court tombs
- HeritageVisit the 19th-century graveyard, then walk on land that was once part of the Kylemore Abbey estate