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Ireland Scenic Drives
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90 scenic drives in ireland
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Sli Liatroma
Drumshanbo, Leitrim
Starting in Drumshanbo and finishing in Manorhamilton, Sli Liatroma is a way marked trail of remarkable beauty. Narrow roads and good tracks ensure that the walk is not too difficult. Distinctive drumlins fill your horizons on the first part of this walk until Sliabh an Iarainn slowly assumes a dominant presence, right. A flavour of travel before the motor car can be appreciated as this old coach road plunges and climbs over the broad shoulder of Sliabh an Iarainn, which carries it. After the...
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Ballyhoura Country Holidays
Kilfinane, Limerick, Limerick
Visit Ballyhoura Country and explore its healthy mountains, hills, valleys, scenic drives walking and cycling routes, visitor farms, traditional pubs. Stay in self-catering, B&B, farmhouse, or hostel accommodation....
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Dublin Kilkenny Drive
Heuston Station, Dublin 8, Dublin
"From Dublin's magnificent southern coastline through the wooded hills of Wicklow. Visit the splendour of the Powerscourt Gardens and the historic monastic site of Glendalough. View the prehistoric Browneshill Dolmen in Carlow and explore the medieval city of Kilkenny."...
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The Great Figure Eight Tour
Galway, Galway
The Great Figure Eight Tour (240km/150mls):

Galway - an Bearna - an Spideal - Indreabhan - Ros a Mhil - Casla - Screeb - Maam Cross - Maum - Leenane - Letterfrack - Cleggan - Claddaghduff - Clifden - Galway.

Take the Galway coast road out to Salthill and an Spideal (Spiddal) through the rugged area known as Cois Fharraige ('beside the sea'). This is part of Galway's Gaeltacht where Irish is still spoken. A visit to the Spiddal Crafts Village is recommended. Note t...
Photo: The Ring of Kerry, Kerry County
The Ring of Kerry
Killarney, Kerry
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Malin Head
Malin head, Donegal
As well as having an impressive coastline, fantastic beaches and breathtaking scenery, Malin Head is the most northerly point in Ireland. Malin Head is located at the tip of the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal. And here on Malin Head you'll find Bamba's Crown, the most northerly point. There's a tower here which was built in 1805 as a Lloyds Signal Station.
Popular activities in the area include swimming, a variety of watersports, walking, angling, photography and for those inter...
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The Military Road
Wicklow, Wicklow
The Wicklow Mountains were for centuries the strongholds of the unsubdued O'Tooles and O'Brynes, and even down until 1803 a leader of the 1798 Rising, Michael Dwyer, was able to remain at large among them. it was to make theses mountain strongholds accessible to the mountain strongholds accessible to the British Army that the Military road was built after 1798. It runs from Rathfarnham , just south of Dublin, to Aghavannagh, and today it open up the beauties of the central Wicklow area to...
Photo: Mizen And Sheeps Head From Skibbereen, Cork County
Mizen And Sheeps Head From Skibbereen
Cork, Cork
Except for that portion of it between Skibbereen and Mizen, this is the least travelled of all the south-western peninsulas, and for superb sea and mountainscapes, it is second to none.

Skibbereen is the "headquarters" of West Cork, and its main market town. Before setting out on the tour proper, you might like to spend a day around the port of Baltimore, which opens onto Roaringwater Bay, and perhaps take the ferry to Cape Clear Island and/or Sherkin Island.

Set off westw...
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Tour of Ireland
Dublin 2, Dublin
These scenic tours are designed to help you get the most from your motoring holiday in Ireland - to show you the most beautiful scenery, and to introduce you to Ireland's many interesting cities and towns.

As all tours are circular you can commence at any point of the given routes. The daily distance covered is shown with each tour, in kilometres and miles (in italics)....
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Donegal and Yeats Country
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim
Donegal and Yeats Country This is a two day circular tour over 515km on main route. Day1 Carrick on Shannon-Carrigart 322km The popular centre of Carrick on Shannon well known for cruising and coarse fishing is the starting point for this tour. The first town on this route is Boyle-3km from Lough Key Forest Park, with its numerous facilities, from boating to nature trails. Your drive will continue to Collooney, entering the magical country of Yeats. Share his experiences as you drive thro...
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