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Day 6 of 10 · Gort · The Wild & Offbeat Atlantic

Day 6 — Coole Park & Yeats Heritage

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A cultural day to your new base in Gort, with 1 h 56 on the road and plenty of free time.

Coole Park & Yeats Heritage
The Autograph Tree (a purple-leaved beech) in the walled garden at Coole Park, Co. Galway. The tree has initials carved into the trunk, including for example George Bernard Shaw. © photographed in 1990 by Dr Charles Nelson — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 4 · Gort · Ireland

We sleep in Gort, 3.1 km from the place visited

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day 6 1 night 1 h 57 on the road131 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 10. Based on: remarkable site in a park setting.

programme
5 h
road
1 h 56
  • Coole Park Nature Trails★☆☆☆☆ · known in 4 languages — article “Coole Park”“Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres (4 km2) located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.” — after Wikipedia

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    3 h
  • Thoor Ballylee Yeats Tower Visit

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    2 h

To add if time allows: Gort Heritage Town Walk (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Kilmacduagh Monastic Site Walk

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