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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The Great Western Greenway brings a lot of people to Newport, and the town is the better for it.
The Blue Bicycle is on the ground floor of an impressive stone building with steps leading up to it, on the right as you head for Achill - and many of the ...
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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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Glanmire, Co. Cork
Hotel / Restaurant
Set in woods above the Glashaboy River this traditional hotel was once the home of Lord and Lady Crawford, founders of the Beamish Brewery.
It has since been added to and many of the rooms are in the newer section, but it has retained an old world amb ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Restaurant
Cork’s answer to Jamie’s Italian, acclaimed Cork chef-restaurateur Brendan Cashman’s new venture in Wilton (opposite Cork University Hospital) is bright and spacious, with an eager to please team - and the food, as you’d expect ...
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Youghal, Co. Cork
Hotel / Restaurant
Prominently located on the promenade of this heritage town, the Sir Walter Raleigh has its origins in three 18th century townhouses and has been run as an hotel since 1902.
Named after the Elizabethan adventurer who was so famously associated with You ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Bar / Wine Bar
Probably Cork’s most unusual licensed premises, this 120 year old former pharmacy is owned by well known publican Benny McCabe who has achieved the change of use with a remarkably light hand.
Despite a display of products like Brylcream and sen ...
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Kilkerrin, Co. Galway
Pub / Restaurant
As you park the car at Michael and Annemarie Coyne's neatly presented pub overlooking Kilkerrin Bay, donkeys in the field alongside amble over to the wall, inquisitive noses twitching at the prospect of food - a typical welcome to the Connemara Gaeltac ...
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Loughrea, Co. Galway
Restaurant
Taste Matters opened in October 2011 and has since built up a large following of locals, and also visitors to this charming lakeside town.
Housed in a large commercial building on the edge of town this is a no-frills operation with plain wooden tables ...
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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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