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Loughs with pine islands, bare mountains, bog and gorse, sheepdogs at work and
Kylemore Abbey on its water. Weighing up Connemara Ireland tours? These are the views you will
stop for.
The first frames are the loughs. A small island of pines sits reflected in still water below
bare mountains, and the same kind of island stands in a dark lough under moving cloud. Then come
the ranges: bare summits above autumn bog grass, russet slopes over a band of forestry, and a
twin-peaked mountain above white cottages.
Next is the road through them. It runs down a valley towards a long lough, past a bog pool
with yellow gorse and a lone tree above a bay of islands. Sheep graze among rhododendron above
the water, and a sheepdog works a marked flock on a slope. You pass the ruin of Clifden Castle,
a thatched cottage, a grey pony by a stone cottage and an old bridge on the moor. The last
frames are Kylemore Abbey, the paid stop many tours make, reflected in its lough.
A small island of pines reflected in a still Connemara lough, with bare mountains behind and rocks in the foregroundA pine-covered island in a dark lough under fast-moving cloud, mountains on the horizonA range of bare mountains above a long lough, with autumn bog grass along the shoreRusset mountainsides above a band of conifer forest and autumn bog, reflected in still waterA twin-peaked mountain above bogland and white cottages, seen across a rocky shoreA long stretch of water running between steep mountains under summer cloudA lough with a small island, in a valley between steep green mountainsA bog pool with yellow gorse and a fence post, below a broad bare mountainA narrow road beside a dry stone wall, running down a valley towards a long loughA lone tree above a bay scattered with small islands, on a clear daySheep among flowering rhododendron on a slope above deep blue water and a green hillsideA sheepdog working marked sheep on a slope above a lough, cloud on the mountainA blackface ram with curled horns looking through a farm gateThe ruin of Clifden Castle on a green slope, with sheep grazing below itA whitewashed thatched cottage behind dry stone walls and a lawn, pines above itA grey pony grazing beside an old stone cottage, behind a dry stone wallAn old stone bridge of several arches over a stream in rough autumn moorlandKylemore Abbey and its reflection in the still water of the lough, below a wooded mountainsideThe granite towers of Kylemore Abbey above clipped shrubs and a wooded slopeKylemore Abbey across reeds and still water at the foot of a wooded mountain
