Name of Hostel/Activities centre in Connemara?

teR_

Looking to find out the name of a hostel / activities centre in Connemara. I was down there yeas ago on a school tour. I remember the twelve bens out the window think they were across a lake. If my memory is right when walking into the hostels main gates the twelve bens would be on the left side of the building.

I also remember the rooms there like wooden shelf bunk beds with basic thin mattresses (like them blue mats from PE!) you had to bring a sleeping bad. They use to bang pots in the morning to wake ya too.

They brought us hill climbing (through bog in which I lost my footwear!) the hill took about 2 hours and remember it over looked the hostel. Also went absailing, orienting and canoeing.

Anyone that can name the place??

Das Kitty

Little Killary or Delphi?

stampydmonkey

I thought kayaking in a place very similar when I was in college. I was helping out a friend whose secondary school used to go there at the end of every school year. Can't remember the name or find it listed on the interweb

We brought them kayaking and hiking in the woods overlooking the hostel.

It was located here

You'll see it better on bing maps but don't know how to post a geo-referenced link.....edit...here is the bing link

jjf1974

stampydmonkey wrote: »

I thought kayaking in a place very similar when I was in college. I was helping out a friend whose secondary school used to go there at the end of every school year. Can't remember the name or find it listed on the interweb

We brought them kayaking and hiking in the woods overlooking the hostel.

It was located here

You'll see it better on bing maps but don't know how to post a geo-referenced link.....edit...here is the bing link

There used to be an adventure center there a few years back. I think it was operated by the" Galway outdoor education centre ltd" who now operate a surf school in achill.

Some12

Here's a map of hostels.

https://maps.google.ie/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=hostels+in+connemara&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=hostels&hnear=0x485a2588a1ca30a5:0xf6d1d848f4aa37c9,Connemara+National+Park,+Letterfrack,+Co.+Galway&ei=krvNUsT1OcjD7AaA94Ag&ved=0CP4BELYD


I know school kids do trips at the Killary Advendure centre with a lot of activities included:

http://killaryadventure.com/

jjf1974

teR_ wrote: »

Looking to find out the name of a hostel / activities centre in Connemara. I was down there yeas ago on a school tour. I remember the twelve bens out the window think they were across a lake. If my memory is right when walking into the hostels main gates the twelve bens would be on the left side of the building.


Anyone that can name the place??

Was it Ben lettery youth hostel which is operated by http://www.anoige.ie

teR_

98% sure this is the one thanks a lot stampy. If the name of the place ever comes back to you post it up. Was cool place down there fairly rough and ready no fancy rooms just raised wooden benches, everyone thrown in one room together. Great memories...

stampydmonkey wrote: »

I thought kayaking in a place very similar when I was in college. I was helping out a friend whose secondary school used to go there at the end of every school year. Can't remember the name or find it listed on the interweb

We brought them kayaking and hiking in the woods overlooking the hostel.

It was located here

You'll see it better on bing maps but don't know how to post a geo-referenced link.....edit...here is the bing link

D Trent

Was it near Clonbur or Joyce country? It might be Petersburg
http://www.petersburg.ie/