Connemara could only be described as truly the wilderness of ireland ravaged by a vicious potato famine from 1847 1851 the landscape has been left barren inhospitable and untouched ever since with its true and natural beauty still intact connemara has it all incredible lakes romantic castles old stone walls and isolated and deserted valleys it is easy to see why the quiet man with john wayne and maureen ohara and the guard with brendan gleeson have been filmed here on this tour you