Name: Connemara Heritage & History Centre
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June 28, 2023

The Connemara Heritage and History Centre, also called Dan O'Hara's Homestead, is an open-air museum. It was established in 1991. The centre's attractions include audiovisual and history presentations, as well as outdoor exhibits including reconstructions of a crann óg, a ring fort, and a clochán. The Centre offers a unique insight into the history and heritage of this most beautiful part of Connemara and the West of Ireland. It has won multiple National Awards over the years in 1992, 1994 and 1998. And five years in a row C.I.E Tours Award of Excellence representing a great visitor experience.

Also on the grounds are the Dan O'Hara Homestead and pre-famine farm. Dan O'Hara's homestead is built on the original site of the home of Dan from Connemara renowned in the popular ballad all over the world. Dan O Hara lived with his wife and seven children in a cottage shadowed by the Twelve Bens. The family were self sufficient on 8 acres of land and lived a simple but happy lifestyle. The main part of the farm was given over to the potato crop and they kept a variety of animals on the farm. Like most people in Connemara at the time Dan O'Hara did not own the house he lived in or the land. He paid rent to the local landlord. His simple but happy lifestyle came abruptly to an end when he was evicted for non payment of his rent. He had decided to increase the size of the windows in his house and this led to increased rent payments. He was evicted from his home and forced to emigrate. He arrived in New York, a broken man. His wife and three of his children died on the harsh sea journey and penniless and destitute he had to put the remaining children into care. He ended his days selling matches on the street far from his beloved Connemara.

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