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Escape from Omey Island

Morning Ireland did a feature on Walking Ireland, who run (walk? )walking tours from Clifden. The tour in question was to Omey Island, which is about 6 miles outside of Clifden. The walking tours mix geology, history and geography, and seem like a good idea. As it happened, I visited Omey a few weeks ago - I didn't get to see any of the sites mentioned in the report, due to the intervention of the rising tide. The full account is here, but suffice to say, a couple of warning signs regarding the speed of the tide might not go amiss.