Connemara

[ kon-uh-mahr-uh ]

noun

1. a mountainous region in County Galway, western Ireland, on the Atlantic coast.

Connemara

/ ˌkɒnɪˈmɑːrə /

noun

1. a barren coastal region of W Republic of Ireland, in Co Galway: consists of quartzite mountains, peat bogs, and many lakes; noted for its breed of pony originating from the hilly regions

Word History and Origins

Origin of Connemara¹

First recorded in 1800–10; from Irish Conhmaíchne “progeny of Conmac”

Example Sentences

He grasped a string of rosary beads made of marble from Connemara in Ireland’s County Galway.

From Seattle Times

But The Pogues did Irish song with dirt under its fingernails, as spellbinding as American gospel, as heart-rending as Puccini, as wild as the sea-spray on a Connemara cliff, as wrenching as a Kilburn hangover.

From BBC

Quinn intentionally made it in Irish as a way to reclaim the notion of an untainted, true Irish identity in the Connemara region of the west of Ireland, away from bourgeois life.

From Los Angeles Times

It took several decades after “Poitín” for another Irish-language production to emerge: 2007’s “Kings,” about a group of men from Connemara who migrate to London.

From Los Angeles Times

A cousin of mine who is an Irish traditional musician and and an Irish speaker and lives in Connemara, tells me how diverse the scene is out there.

From Salon