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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of western Ireland on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The area is noted for its peat bogs and mountainous terrain.

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  • And, if you ever want to live 'overseas' and learn another language, there's a wonderful parallel universe here in Connemara - and the Gaelic/Irish language expresses feelings like no other ..

    ON THE BUBBLE WITH BARRY EISLER 2007

  • Valerie lives in a caravan in Connemara, which is full of expensive bags and odd shoes and make-up, and the smell of human waste.

    Young Skin 2009

  • There is a peated single-malt whiskey, Connemara, that is the equal of Scottish single malts.

    Europe is still Europe... Mumon 2005

  • It appears from a statement in the London _Times_ that the vast estates known as the Connemara property, to which she had succeeded as the daughter and heiress of the late Mr. Thomas Martin, of

    The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various

  • Corrib, close to where the long monotonous midland plain of Ireland becomes broken, changes into that region of high mountains and low-lying valleys, now called Connemara, but which in earlier days was always known as Iar Connaught.

    The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

  • Leap Year -- a romantic comedy about a woman who travels to Ireland with the intent purpose of proposing to the man she loves -- the Oscar-nominated actress stepped in front of the camera in Dublin recently with actor Adam Scott and will also share the screen with Matthew Goode, who can currently be seen in A harmonious marriage between the aged beauty of 18th century cobblestone streets and the pulsating beat of trendy nightclubs, the decidedly bohemian vibe of Dublin's Temple Bar arts district will play a pivotal role when hits theaters, as will the bogs of Connemara, which is already a star in its own right, having appeared in the cinematic classic

    Romantic Travel News 2009

  • My fairy was gone; and there was only little "Connemara," as we called her, nursing her doll, and smiling up at me from the fern, where she had come to practise her new school-song.

    Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900

  • She's the monstrously manipulative influence on Connemara spinster Maureen played by Derbhle Crotty, who longs to escape from her mother and the dank cottage that they share into the arms of a man.

    This week's new theatre 2011

  • I am sure there are Connemara farms around London otherwise a trip to Ireland would offer you a chance to see them running free.

    sydneypadua.com » Blog Archive » Ponies! 2009

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