Wild Atlantic Way Ireland – Join us on a Long, Slow Trip.

As we go along, we are looking at the scenery, exploring the music, visiting the places associated with your Irish surnames – as well as lots of history and culture along the way!

So, let’s get the logistics out of the way. Here are the legs that we are covering – if a link is clickable, we have already completed that part of the journey and you can have a look at how we got on.

We start all the way down south – from the town of Kinsale in County Cork:

Leg 1: Kinsale to Clonakilty, County Cork.

Leg 2: Clonakilty to Baltimore, County Cork.

Leg 3: Cape Clear Island, County Cork.

Leg 4: Skibbereen to Mizen Head, County Cork.

Leg 5: The Sheep’s Head Peninsula and Bantry, County Cork.

Leg 6: Around the Beara Peninsula to Kenmare, Counties Cork and Kerry.

Leg 7: The Ring of Kerry – from Kenmare to Killorglin, County Kerry.

Leg 8: The Dingle Peninsula – from Killorglin to Tralee, County Kerry.

Leg 9: Tralee to Kilkee, Counties Kerry and Clare.

Leg 10: Kilkee to Galway City, Counties Clare and Galway.

Leg 11: Galway City to Westport, Counties Galway and Mayo.

Leg 12: The Aran Islands.

Leg 13: Westport to Ballina, County Mayo.

Leg 14: Ballina to Donegal Town, Counties Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.

Leg 15: Donegal Town to Letterkenny, County Donegal.

Leg 16: The Inishowen Peninsula, Letterkenny to Derry City.

And all the way back down to Cork – the fast way!

To get you in the mood, I have included some of the sights we encountered along the way – and some sights from our last visit.

Kinsale, County Cork

Out for a hike on the Great Blasket Island, County Kerry.

Cape Clear Island, A picnic on top of the world!

Near the top of Mount Brandon, Dingle.

Having a splash on Coomeenole Beach, Dingle

Driving down towards Allihies

Crossing to Dursey Island, County Cork.

Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo

Near Gweedore, County Donegal

Aughris Head, County Sligo

Driving along the Doolough Valley towards Louisburgh

Roundstone Pier, Connemara

Donegal Castle, Donegal Town

That’s it! Just a taster of what you can expect when you join us on the full trip! Do have a look at the different legs of journey, and be sure to leave a question or comment at the end of each article.

To find out more about the Wild Atlantic Way, you can visit the official website here.