Dorf · Co. Galway
“The headland” — the fishing village at the head of Cleggan Bay, 10 km from Clifden, with the pier that Alexander Nimmo built in 1822 and the daily ferries to Inishbofin and Inishturk.
Cleggan (An Cloigeann in Irish, meaning “the headland”) is a fishing village in County Galway, Ireland. The village lies 10 km northwest of Clifden and is situated at the head of Cleggan Bay — the bay in front, the headland behind, and the walk from the village down to the water is the walk that gets done first. A focal point of the village is the pier, built by Alexander Nimmo in 1822 and extended in 1908, and ferries leave the pier daily for Inishbofin, with a ferry also to Inishturk. The pier is the village: the boats, the ferries and the water, and the island is the thing the village has always reached for.
An Cloigeann means head or skull, apparently referring to the coastal headland — the landform that gave the village its name, and the walk up to the top of Cleggan head gives a commanding view of the harbour below. Legend, however, provides a different origin: St. Ceannanach is said to have been beheaded by a pagan chief, and lore has it that the chief then picked up his head and took it to the Holy Well in Clooncree, where he washed it before lying down to die. The saint, the head and the well — the legend is the village's second name, and the well in the townland is the place it points to.
Cleggan is the village at the head of the bay, between Clifden and the far west: the coast road runs through it from Clifden to the Roundstone and Carna country, and the ferries out to the islands make it the crossing point of the Cleggan Bay country. The village works as the base for the bay and the islands — the pier in the morning, the headland in the afternoon, and the island trip as the day out.
Cleggan is 10 km northwest of Clifden, at the head of Cleggan Bay; the pier is in the village, and the ferries to Inishbofin and Inishturk leave from it daily — confirm the current schedules and prices before travelling. The headland walk is open ground: check the forecast first.
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Cleggan puts the pier, the ferries and the headland all within a walk — the islands are the bonus.
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