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One of our campsites is missing - Galway.

zagmund · 2009-06-04 12:06:12

I'm wondering if anyone can remind me of the name of a campsite I visited in Galway a few years back. I remember at the time that it wasn't listed in any of the guidebooks we had and I haven't been able to find it anywhere. The name Blacksod or Black<something> Bay comes to mind but doesn't seem to show up anywhere. From…

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04-06-2009 1:06pm

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zagmund

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I'm wondering if anyone can remind me of the name of a campsite I visited in Galway a few years back. I remember at the time that it wasn't listed in any of the guidebooks we had and I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

The name Blacksod or Black<something> Bay comes to mind but doesn't seem to show up anywhere. From recollection it was somewhere between Clare & Galway city - right on the beach, behind big dunes.

Does this ring any bells with anyone ?

z

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#2 04-06-2009 1:08pm
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There are some dunes by Traught beach.

Are you sure it wasn't Fanore?

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#3 05-06-2009 12:09am
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I seem to recall a campsite up around Blacksod which was featured in the "Bord Failte" directory many years ago, (1980's). The reason I remember it was because there were so few coastal sites between Westport and Galway in those days.
i cannot find any mention of the site in current publications.

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