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Walk · Co. Mayo

Croagh Patrick

The 764-metre mountain near Murrisk, traditionally the place where St Patrick fasted — a broad, windswept summit and one of the great walking and pilgrimage places in the country.

Free to climb.+ Save

Island · Co. Kerry

Skellig Michael

A small, steep island off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to an early Christian monastery of beehive huts — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the great places in the country.

Boat fare and a landing charge apply; check the current service for prices, the schedule and the booking requirements.+ Save

Headland · Co. Donegal

Slieve League

A wall of grey limestone dropping roughly 600 metres into the Atlantic on the Inishowen Peninsula — among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, and only properly seen from the foot of them.

Free to visit; a small parking charge may apply at the car park.+ Save

Island · Co. Kerry

The Blasket Islands

Two small islands off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to a community until 1956 — now a nature reserve and one of the most important seabird colonies in Europe.

Boat fare applies; check the current service for prices and the schedule.+ Save

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Attraction · Co. Sligo

Clooney More

A headland on the north coast of Sligo Bay and one of the best-known surf spots in Ireland — a place we describe here without a precise map, because the headland and its dunes are fragile and the land is not all public.

Free to view from the road.+ Save

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Area · Co. Donegal

Derryveagh

A large, remote mountain and glen country in southwest Donegal, centred on Derryveagh National Park — one of the wildest areas of lowland and mountain on the west coast.

Free to visit.+ Save

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Headland · Co. Donegal

Malin Head

The northwestern tip of mainland Ireland, where the Wild Atlantic Way starts — a lighthouse, a tenth-century cross, and the widest view of two seas you will get on this coast.

Free to visit.+ Save

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Area · Co. Clare

The Burren

A 15,000-hectare karst landscape in north Clare — a plain of limestone and dry stone walls, a UNESCO Global Geopark, and one of the great walking places in the country.

Free to walk.+ Save

Headland · Co. Clare

The Cliffs of Moher

Two kilometres of cliff falling up to 214 metres into the Atlantic, above the village of Doolin — the most visited natural site in the country, and still worth going to, if you know how.

Access to the cliffs is free; the visitor centre is ticketed.+ Save