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Island in County Galway, Ireland
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Inishbofin Island is an island 8 km off the coast of Connemara in County Galway. It's some 5.5 km long by 3 km wide and has a population (as of 2022) of 184. It's low-lying and treeless, with heathland sprayed by the sea.
Comfy convenient place.
This has 11 rooms and is open Apr-Oct. It's now only B&B, the restaurant has closed.
Well-equipped hostel and campsite open April-Oct.
Murray's
Grand friendly hotel, bar and restaurant, open April-Sep.
Peaceful B&B on the north beach.
A foot-passenger ferry sails twice a day from Cleggan on the Connemara mainland. The crossing takes 30 min and a day-trip gives you five hours on the island. Buses from Galway and Clifden connect with some ferries.
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