Talk:Connemara

message: More info in Irish and Italian articles. Needs translation. zoney ♣ talk 01:22, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: They both say the same as this, though the Italian version has less on the history and more on the geography and landscape.  There is a good article on Omey Island, which I'll have a go at translating (very loosely!).  --Red King 21:12, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 2004/2005 edits

message: In the course of a useful factual update, user at 213.202.139.211 removed my 'grand tour'.  I accept that this was correct as it was out of scope.  --Red King 20:47, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Tourist info

message: In general, citations are an excellent idea, but when there are issues such as the boundary of a territory without a legal definition, perhaps we should not be too uptight about references. A single reference that the definition is vague would suffice. As the article reads now, the repetitive calls for reference are a bit annoying. We get it; the boundaries are not clear.
(In my own case, ask a Californian the difference between northern and southern. I've heard folks say SF is NOT northern; other say that Santa Barbara is.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.124.25.82 (talk) 06:00, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite agree, so I've removed all but the first couple. The point is made and doesn't need this repetition, which is to the detriment of the article. Dave.Dunford (talk) 10:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some versus Others 

message: Antal Szerb's The Pendragon Legend features George Maloney, a Connemaran character who is fiercely proud of his identity and keeps telling the tallest tales of how Connemaran people are superior to anyone else in the world. He keeps going on about his exploits around the world (not unlike Münchhausen), and always attributes his prowess to the fact that he comes from Connemara.--195.56.53.118 13:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture: The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb 

message: Joyce country redirects to Connemara on wikipedia. This is a little misleading as the two locations are separate and distinct areas of Ireland. Joyce country is not a part of Connemara but borders it to the north east. Connemara is situated exclusively in County Galway, but Joyce Country is situated on the north west shores of Lough Corrib and extends into County Mayo. It is bordered on the south west and west by the Maumturk mountains, on the south and south west by Lough Corrib, on the east it extends as far as Cong or Cross depending on the definition, on the north west by Lough Mask, and on the north by the Partry Mountains and Killary Harbour. I suggest that the redirect be removed from the Connemara article. --MacTire02 (talk) 11:08, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joyce country redirect? 

message: I'm not familiar with Irish geography, could someone add a map showing where Connemara is within the whole country, rather than just its relation to Joyce.  MidlandLinda (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi,  As it is not formally defined area, I am not sure if a political map can be added here. But I moved around some images that were available in the article already. I hope it works out. —usernamekiran(talk) 20:16, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the prompt solution.  I can place it now.  The only part of Ireland I have any familiarity with is North Mayo.  MidlandLinda (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map of area within country 

message: While I see the point above about the limitations of referencing on a question with no firm answer, I think it is useful to reference the extremes, at least here on the discussion page.
:For example, a highly experienced mapping company goes with a conservative definition:
::Harvey - Superwalker Map of Connemara
:while a roadsign shows a broad area, pretty much all West Galway (even potentially including Joyce Country, which as stated, is definitely *not* in Connemara):
::Photo of Connemara map on road in Connemara
:while this "Connemara tour" map takes the Oughterard-Maam Cross-Gortmore-Clifden approach to the southern boundary (no one disputes that the area stretches to Killary Harbour), and omits Kinvara, Rosaveel and Lettermore, which many (like myself) would see as "inside":
::Cycle tour map
:while this one by a knowledgeable local tour company stresses a strict eastern boundary, short of Leenaun, down the Inagh Valley to Recess, then to the coast by way of Cashel and Roundstone:
::Connemara Coastal Tours - map
All this stresses how hard this question is, which is I suppose tricky for an encyclopedia, but this is the real-life reality.
194.154.66.41 (talk) 07:50, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect that the Coastal Tour company map is just of the area included in their tours rather than purporting to be a definitive map of Connemara. --Red King (talk) 12:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: On the map and definition question

message: The map is not based on any reliable sources, is uncited since 2011, and is just someone's opinion. I have deleted it per WP:OR. --Red King (talk) 12:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: The map is original research, I have deleted it