Clare Island is off the coast of Westport on the west coast of Ireland. It's just a 20 minute ferry ride to get there. But it does feel like you are a million miles away once you land there. Life is just a lot simpler there. People are friendlier and there is a feeling of community everywhere you go.

You can meet those who make it so special, learn the history of Granuaile, the fabled Pirate Queen who lived there and walk to the Clare Island Lighthouse that now hosts guests as a manor house hotel.