Thoor Ballylee was the holiday residence of W.B. Yeats with its narrow steep and worn stairs winding their way to the top of the tower with one room at each level.
Near by is Coole Park and House the home of Lady Augusta Gregory dramatist co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. To day Coole Park is a National Park with its wild deer, see the famous Autographed tree and also visit Coole Lake with its famous (wild swans of Coole). Then onto Kilmacdough monastery 7th century tower in ruin with a lean of over half a metre from the vertical it is over 20 meters tall with the only doorway 7 meters above ground level, then return to Galway City.