Articles tagged: Walking

Avondale House and Forest Park, Rathdrum: Parnell's Wicklow home

Avondale House is the birthplace of Charles Stewart Parnell, and if the name means nothing to you yet, it will. This is the man who came within a…

Glenmalure: Wicklow's longest valley and wildest half-day

Glenmalure is twenty kilometres of glacial valley running back into the Wicklow Mountains, and it's the closest thing Ireland has to genuinely…

Phoenix Park Dublin: the deer, the monuments, and how to spend a full day

Somewhere between the main road and the treeline, once the city noise has dropped behind you, Phoenix Park stops feeling like a park and starts…

Salthill and the Prom: Galway's seaside walk

Walk the two kilometres of the Salthill Promenade on any morning and you'll see the same cast. Swimmers pulling themselves out of Galway Bay with…

The Vale of Avoca, where Thomas Moore wrote the poem and the mill never stopped

The Vale of Avoca runs south from the Wicklow Mountains in a long corridor of oak and ash, the kind of valley you'd drive past without stopping and…

Ennistymon: the market town three kilometres from Lahinch

The Inagh River comes barrelling through the centre of Ennistymon, drops over a series of rock ledges that the locals call the Cascades, and if you…

Killarney without a car: jaunting cars, bikes, and everything you can reach on foot

Killarney is one of the only places in Ireland where not having a car is genuinely fine. Maybe even better than fine. The national park surrounds the…

Galway on foot: Shop Street to the Spanish Arch

The medieval street network at the heart of Galway is probably the most walkable stretch of any Irish city. Everything worth seeing on a first visit…

Walking from Doolin to the Cliffs of Moher, the proper coast walk

The Doolin Cliff Walk is a 14-kilometre walk along the very top of the Cliffs of Moher, from Doolin pier to Hag's Head south of the visitor centre…

Walking Glendalough, what makes the monastic site special

Glendalough, in the Wicklow Mountains, is a sixth century monastic settlement set between two glacial lakes in a narrow steep valley. It is one of…

Why Killarney National Park is a national treasure

Killarney National Park covers 26,000 acres of lakes, mountains, native oak woods and gardens, and it is the oldest national park in Ireland. It is…

Dog-Friendly Carlingford: Where to Stay, Walk, and Explore with Your Dog

Dog-Friendly Carlingford: Where to Stay, Walk, and Explore with Your Dog If your dog is part of the family, leaving them behind for a weekend away is…