Greenway Cafe

Connemara


Most of the ingredients at this award-wining eatery are sourced from the Connemara region – Killary Harbour mussels (served with mint), Lough Corrib trout (with roast rhubarb) and Twelve Bens lamb (with wild mushrooms).


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