| Browse by Categories |
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Barna |
Accommodation ~ Hotels
~
B&B ~ Self Catering ~ Hostels
~
Restaurants
Property ~
Business Listings ~
Attractions ~
Activities
~
Maps |
|
|
|
|
|
Barna, a quiet, seaside village with its stone pier
and excellent restaurants, located 8km from Galway City
along the R336 coast road, is slowly becoming part of the
suburban expansion of the city. Barna Woods lie to the
right as one drives from Galway, and the left turn brings
the visitor to Silver Strand, one of Galway's most popular
beaches. Fine views of the Burren Hills in Co Clare can be
obtained from here, and the Aran Islands can also be seen
when conditions are right.
|
|
Barna Pier |
Barna Woods |
Once a satellite of Galway city, the village is now rapidly becoming one of its
suburbs. Officially the village is regarded as Irish speaking and is therefore a
constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up "An Gaeltacht". However,
because of its absorption into the city, it has become only recently, a mainly
English speaking village. Nonetheless, Irish is still the main language of its
western and northern hinterland and the village has now effectively become the
gateway to the largest Irish speaking region in the country, Connemara.
Barna Woods
Barna Woods is located to the East of Barna and approximately 3 miles from
Galway city centre. It has the last natural growing oaks in the west of Ireland.
The woods are a conservation area, owned by the Galway County Council. A
wonderful place for a quiet country walk. |
|
|
Bearna Golf Course |
Silver Strand |
Silver Strand
Galway's blue flag (an award for facilities and
cleanliness) beach is 3 miles west of the city, so you'll need a car for this,
but it's well worth a visit.
Bearna Golf & Country Club
Barna Golf and Country Club inaugurated in 1996, With more than 100 hectares of
unique countryside, has resulted in generously proportioned fairways, with Water
coming into play at thirteen of the eighteen holes. The Club's motto 'Failte and
Ceol na Fuiseoige leat' meaning 'Welcome, and May lark-song accompany you' is
intended to signal the tranquillity and reception which awaits the visitor on
every fairway. The skylark's trill, the seagull's cry, the scampering of the
hare into deep rough, the startled flap of wild duck feeding in stream of
lakelet, and the jumping of wild trout in Lough Inch or in the The Forbidden
Lake are just some things which vie with golf-ball for attention, and bring the
player into a more intimate relationship which nature and self. |
|
|
|
|
