Launched in spring 2014, the Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500 km coastal route that invites the visitor to explore Ireland’s dramatic western seaboard.
Flagged as ‘the world’s longest coastal drive’, thanks to the many headlands and inlets that beg to be investigated along the way, it aims to highlight the most dramatic landmarks and attractions while also making it easier to find the interesting little out of the way places that might otherwise be by-passed.
It can be joined at any point and is divided into five sections, the first being Donegal in the north, with the other four (Donegal-Mayo; Mayo-Clare; Clare-Kerry; Kerry-Cork) leading you right down the Atlantic seaboard to the southern counties of Cork and Kerry.
A simple route map is available on discoverireland.ie where full information on each section is given, including activities and key ‘discovery points’.
The very distinctive bright blue ‘wave’ road signs make it virtually impossible to get lost - and we have plenty of suggestions for the best places to eat, drink and stay along the way, many of which are run by people who know the west coast back to front and will help visitors to find a genuine sense of discovery along this beautiful and fascinating coastline.
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Burtonport, Co. Donegal
Fruit & Veg / Online Shop / Others
Manus McGonagle has harvested seaweed on the Donegal coast since he was a child and his special hand harvested and air-dried products are keenly sought out by those in the know, in Ireland and beyond.
In 2012, however, he was propelled into the nation ...
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Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
Café / Food Market
Bramley Lodge is always busy - from eight o'clock every morning right through until the evening, the car park of Gillian Kearney's restaurant-cum-foodstore is full. On the junction to Cobh just off the N25, it is well situated, but there's more going f ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Café / Deli / Food Market
French woman Isabelle Sheridan’s reputation in Cork was already established at her brilliant shop selling charcuterie, farmhouse cheeses and other gourmet products in the English Market, long before she opened up this branch of On the Pig’s ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Café / Deli
A welcome addition in the Cork City Gaol area, Vikki’s café and deli in Sunday’s Well is charmingly situated in the old Post Office, and soon looked part of the scene.
You may enjoy a cuppa and a scone with homemade jam here, or may ...
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Barna, Co. Galway
Fish Shop
Popular fishmonger and former fisherman Ali Galivandy supplies a good range of ultra fresh local fish daily, and is known for giving good customer service.
His experience with Irish fish and fishing goes back to 1981, when he started on the trawlers a ...
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Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
Baking/Bakery
Yvonne and James Murphy’s slightly scarily named Devour Bakery turns out to be a little honey once you get there, with cheery greetings for the steady stream of customers coming in to buy from their daily baking of breads, scones and pastries, to ...
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Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Fish & Seafood / Online Shop
If you see Kenmare Salmon on a menu in Kerry order it immediately as you will be in for a treat. The Benoit family have been producing their unashamedly high-end certified organic smoked salmon since the 1990s and it is known for its high quality, ligh ...
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Castlegregory, Co. Kerry
Café / Deli / Restaurant
Full of character and old world charm, Greg and Emily O'Mahoneys' delightful restaurant is in a 200 year old Irish cottage and, with original features like a big open fireplace with an old black kettle hanging on the traditional crane, it’s the s ...
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Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Bakery / Café
Horkan’s Lifestyle and Garden Centre, a few hundred metres along the road from the wonderful Museum of Country Life in Turlough, Castlebar, is a garden centre with a difference, one where you could spend many happy hours.
Having browsed to your ...
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Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo
Preserves / Restaurant
A favourite destination for seafood lovers, Eithna O’Sullivan's atmospheric harbourside seafood restaurant teems with life throughout the summer and her food is better than ever. And you certainly can’t miss it, as it’s there big and ...
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