'Notre Dame' Connemara!

News from the Celtic League:

An interesting story here from the Irish Times about a link up between the prestigious US University of Notre Dame and the West of Ireland.

The University has opened a campus at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara which is situated on Kylemore Lough near on the edge of the Connemara National Park on the Letterfrack to Leenaun Road (link):

http://www.irishtimes.com/…/university-of-notre-dame-opens-…

As a setting for study its tranquillity will know no bounds it’s an absolutely beautiful place. I’ve passed through the area many times. I hitched through many years ago stopping at the Abbey for a welcome glass of water from the nuns on an excruciatingly hot day and I also camped some years later at the fjord like Killary Harbour inlet further up the coast. All in all a beautiful location and hopefully the Campus idea will provide a useful fillip to the economy of the area.

Image: Kylemore Abbey

BERNARD MOFFATT
Public Relations Officer Mannin Branch

Issued by: The Mannin branch of the Celtic League.

29/08/16

THE CELTIC LEAGUE

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