Connemara Lady

Did you know that there is a fjord in Ireland? It is called the Killary Fjord and is nine miles long. It forms part of the border between County Mayo and County Galway. There is an attraction there that can be quite relaxing in the right temperatures and the right weather.

There is a company in Killary Harbour that runs tours on a catamaran. What, you don’t know what a catamaran is? Well, a catamaran is a multi-hulled boat or ship. They can be as small as a sailboat or a rowboat or as large as a naval ship or car ferry. They gain their stability in water from the width of the vessel. These vessels were first developed by Polynesian people as early as 1500 BCE when they strapped together two canoes together with a wooden frame. Some of them used sails and they did not have ballasted hulls.

The company in Killary Harbour has a catamaran by the name of Connemara Lady. It will hold up to 150 people for a tour of the fjord which takes approximately an hour and a half to do. There is a bar and a meal menu which is not included in the price of the tour. Their brownies are good. I had one of them and was almost tempted to get a second one. Because we were there in late April, the weather was kind of rain mixed with sun and windy. Just remember. This is Ireland. They have a fair amount of rain and wind. They are on the Atlantic side of England, Wales, and Scotland. I personally found it too cold to do the trip out in the fresh air, so I stayed in the cabin. I was still able to get some good pictures.

The scenery is fabulous. The hills seem to rise out of the water on both sides of the fjord and you can see the sheep on the hills. There are a couple of roads that can be seen, but they also seem to disappear the closer that you get to the Atlantic Ocean. The scenery that we saw had a lot of brown in it, but I am sure that had we been there a month later, we would have seen a great deal more green.

I would have enjoyed the trip more if it had been warmer, but on the other hand, because we were so early in the season, we were able to have our tour without any other passengers. We had plenty of room to move around. Yes, I would go on the trip again in warmer weather. Yes, I think that you should include this tour in at least one trip to Ireland.