Connemara
a mountainous region in County Galway, western Ireland, on the Atlantic coast.
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How to use Connemara in a sentence
Galway is the gateway to Connemara, and Connemara is one of the best places under the sun for a healthy and enjoyable holiday.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowImportant indeed: a dirty stripe of moorland (if you look in Busching), about equivalent to half a dozen parishes in Connemara.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThey would much prefer to be allowed to till their own potato gardens in peace in Connemara.
Six days of the Irish Republic | Louis Redmond-HowardIts identity is now lost in that of County Galway, but it is still known to travellers as wild Connemara.
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2 | M.F and B. McM. MansfieldConnemara cloaks had not then attracted the fashionable eye; but the women seemed to wear them to keep out both heat and cold.
A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for Connemara
/ (ˌkɒnɪˈmɑːrə) /
a barren coastal region of W Republic of Ireland, in Co Galway: consists of quartzite mountains, peat bogs, and many lakes; noted for its breed of pony originating from the hilly regions
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