Table of Contents
About this book 7
How to use this book 8
Why Ireland? 10
Your essential and non-essential Kit list 14
Where to stay in Ireland 18
How to get to Ireland 22
The Wild Atlantic Way and waymarked routes 24
Driving in Ireland 26
Land, access and ownership 30
Dos and don'ts in Ireland 34
A word about the Irish weather 36
Things you might find perplexing about Ireland 38
Notes on Irish architecture 41
My top ten Irish beaches 45
My top ten Irish campsites 50
Keeping you shipshape with a seaweed bath 54
Eating in Ireland 56
Leinster 60
Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Louth, Kildare, Meath, westmeath, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Longford
01 The Boyne Valley Drive 63
02 Howth to Arklow 73
03 The Old Military Road, Wicklow: Dublin to Arklow 85
04 Rosslare to Helvick Head 101
Munster 114
Counties: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
05 Youghal to Dungarvan 117
06 The Beara 129
07 The Lee Valley 143
08 The Ring of Kerry 1 151
09 The Ring of Kerry 2 165
10 The Dingle Peninsula 175
11 Limerick to Kinvarra 187
12 The Burren 201
Connacht 210
Counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo
13 Galway to Clifden (And the Sky Road Loop) 213
14 Clifden to Westport 227
15 Achill Belmullet 237
16 Belmullet to Ballina 251
17 The Surf Coast: Enniscrone to Bundoran 259
18 Sligo to Enniskillen 271
Meath: The Fifth Province 284
19 The Shannon: From Shannon Pot to Killaloe 287
Ulster 308
Counties: Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan. Antrim, Armagh, Down, Derry, Fermanagh, Tyrone
20 Donegal to Malin Beg 311
21 Carrick to Letterkenny 323
22 Limavady to Belfast 333
23 Antrim Glens 345
24 Belfast to Newry 353
Camper Van and Motorhome Hire 362
Index 364
Acknowledgements 368