Connaught served as the muse for W.B. Yeats, inspiring his poetic masterpieces. This province is exemplary of the images most people have of Ireland: wild landscapes, dry stone walls, the undulating waves of the Atlantic Ocean, rolling fog, rugged cliffs, limestone formations, and an ever-present Gaelic language and culture. Many of the spas of Connaught incorporate the natural environment into their treatments by offering guests cold fog showers and rock saunas.

Spa-goers can become immersed in traditional Irish culture here: Celtic motifs adorn buildings' facades, and shops are given Gaelic names in cities and villages across the province. Medieval Gaelic and Norman castles line the coastal areas.

Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad, or a light heart lives longest, is an old Irish proverb that the inhabitants of Connaught live by and pass on to all who visit their beautiful province.