It is a machair beach which is low and flat with windswept land plains, set between a rocky outcrop in a small bay off Clew Bay. Her fleet of ships sailed across the bay displaying the flag with the Motto of the O’Malley Clan: “Terra Marique Putens”, “ Valiant by sea and land”.Ĭarrowmore Strand is a short drive away from the Westport Woods Hotel. On the bay’s shore Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen, resided in Rockfleet Castle. Yoko Ono described it as "a place where we thought we could escape the pressures and spend some undisturbed time together”.Ĭlew Bay was the stronghold of the O’Malley family in the Middle Ages. John Lennon and Yoko Ono owned and stayed on Dorinish Island, a remote island in Clew Bay, which they planned to turn into a hideaway retreat. Many of the hills on land around Clew bay are similar drumlins. They were formed when glaciers reshaped the landscape in the last ice age. The islands in Clew Bay are partly drowned drumlins, which are elongated, steep-sided hills, sometimes described as whale-backed. It possesses a Blue Flag beach and many historical and archaeological sites, making it a must-see island for the visitor willing to take a short ferry ride.
Clare Island, the biggest island, guards the entrance of the bay and is home to 130 people. The bay has 365 islands, one for every day of the year. Clew Bay (in Irish: Cuan Mó), is nestled between Croagh Patrick to the south and the Nephin Range mountains of North Mayo, and is one of the most spectacular bays in Ireland. The views of Clew Bay from all over Westport are spectacular. The Westport Woods Hotel is located overlooking the magnificent Clew Bay. The Westport Woods Hotel is on the doorstep of many of these picturesque Discovery Points. In Mayo there are thirty-one Discovery Points on the Wild Atlantic Way. Clew Bay is the largest bay on the bay coast of the Wild Atlantic Way. The Westport Woods Hotel lies on the bay coast of the Wild Atlantic Way which incorporates secluded beaches, indigo waters and sheep-spotted hills.
In Mayo the Wild Atlantic Way is a 543 km coastal drive and much of Mayo’s spectacular natural scenery lies along it with the Westport Woods Hotel located ideally on the route. It is a sensational journey of soaring cliffs and buzzing towns and cities, of hidden beaches and epic bays. The Wild Atlantic Way is a 2500 km (1500 miles) driving route, stretching from Malin Head in County Donegal to Kinsale in County Cork along Ireland’s west coast.
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