Random Connemara Facts

• Conamara Chaos is a region of chaotic terrain on Jupiter's moon Europa.  It uses the Irish spelling of Connemara.
• Poet Carl Sandburg's home in Flat Rock, North Carolina is now a national monument named after the Connemara region. 
• French singer Michel Sardou had an international hit with the song "Les Lacs du Connemara" in 1981. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPJfFL38eI
• The Connemara pony is a breed of horse native to the region- the only native pony breed in Ireland. 
• Recent Connemara crime wave: “The Gardaí in Oranmore are investigating the theft of 19 bales of silage from a farm in the Oranmore area. The bales were taken from a farm yard at Oranbeg, Oranmore, Co Galway between 7pm on Monday the 1st of August and 2pm on Tuesday the 2nd of August.”