There’s no better place to start your journey into Ireland’s West than Galway City, the thriving cultural center on Galway Bay where Ireland’s heartbeat pulsates.

Connemara is the Ireland of your dreams: lakes, mountains, pretty cottages, fast flowing streams and friendly people, a wild and wonderful place. The name Connemara was originally Conmaicnemara, or "the tribe of Cormac by the sea", given by the ancient Gaelic tribes.

Situated in the Kylemore Valley at the foot of Dubhcruach mountain and billed as the most romantic building in Ireland.

Tom Joyce, a sheep farmer from the West of Ireland could easily be the highlight of your holiday in Ireland. Effortlessly and with passion and a cultured intellect Tom will take you on a walking tour that covers millenia of Irish history, his own personal trials and the trials of local people in more recent times- but will leave you with a fondness for both the man and the land he is so connected with.