Killary Fjord.

42 miles NW of the Periwinkle B&B, Galway City Ireland.

 
Killary is Ireland’s only fjord and it separates County Galway from County Mayo. Its magic will be the high point of a rainy day. The Cruise includes visits to working mussel and salmon farms and potato ridges formed in desperation during the famine. Historically, the area was densely populated prior to the disastrous famine of the 1840s. The numerous isolated communities eeked out a meagre existence on the poor, stony soil which characterises the region, supplementing their modest incomes through fishing.

Evidence of past attempts to grow crops on the barren slopes can still be seen in the form of the many examples of the so-called “lazy beds” along the length of Killary Harbour. The ruins of small stone dwellings are also visible.

Sight seeing cruises on Killary are on board an all weather luxury catamaran which has a restaurant and in July and August has an evening “Cocktail Cruise”. It has four daily sailings march 28^th to Sept 30^th and five daily sailings 20^th July to 18^th August. Freefone 1800 41 51 51 The cruise starts at Nancy’s Point, 2km west of Leenane Village on the N59 route to Kylemore. www.killarycruises.com