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Extract from the Clifden Travel Guides:
Because of the dramatic grandeur of the Connemara mountains and the romantic pull of Galway, you expect
CLIFDEN
(
Clochn
, "the stepping stones") - known as the capital of Connemara - to be something special. In fact it's a very small place with only two significant streets. Its great asset is its position, perched high above the deep sides of the boulder-strewn estuary of the River Owenglin. The circling jumble of the Twelve Bens provides a magnificent scenic backdrop, and the broad streets seem consciously to open out to take in the fresh air of the mountains and the Atlantic. Gimlet spires of matching nine...
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