Recess
Scenic village and home of Connemara marble
Recess is set beside Glendalough Lake and mountain scenery and is a very scenic stop along the Connemara Loop. The Derryclare Lough stretches along the glaciated valley of Lough Inagh , dividing the Twelve Bens from the Maamturk Mountains. Recess is a well known angling resort and is famous worldwide for its green Connemara Marble quarries. The marble quarries can be found at the lower slopes of the Mountain ranges.
There is also a Shrine to St. Patrick in the Maumturk Mountains near Recess called Mámean, where people hike up in a pilgrimage here on the first Sunday of August every year.
Recess in pictures
How to get to Recess
By bus, car, bicycle, or foot. Citylink provides regular bus services from Galway to Recess. Alternatively follow the N59 directly from Galway to Recess on the Clifden road.