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Walks and Drives

Thumbnail of Descriptions of various walks and drives on achill Island including Keem Bay, Croaghaun, Slievemore and the Atlantic Drive, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942.

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Descriptions of various walks and drives on achill Island including Keem Bay, Croaghaun, Slievemore and the Atlantic Drive, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942.


Thumbnail of Photograph of Dooega village and Bay, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942.
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Photograph of Dooega village and Bay, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942

The survey contains six handwritten pages describing various walks, drives and boat-trips on Achill. Included in the walks are Keem Bay, Slievemore, Croaghaun and Minaun Hill. Geographical and historical features encountered on each walk are detailed. 

The main drives described are the Atlantic Drive and a tour of the Corraun Peninsula. Details of boat trips to Clare Island and Inishbofin complete this section.

 

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