Doolin is a pretty little village on the west coast of Ireland. Doolin is famous for its Irish Music traditions. It can also boast of having some of the most spectacular scenery along the whole of the Wild Atlantic Way. Case in point being the fact that Doolin is the...
Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in Ireland. Standing at 1,041 metres (3,414 feet), getting to the top involves an extremely strenuous hike. It goes without saying, the Carrauntoohil hike should only be undertaken with plenty of fitness and training under your belt. A further complication is the fact that the...
Rosslare Strand Loop is a fantastic 9km walk that starts and finishes in the quiet seaside village of Rosslare in County Wexford. The majority of the route (about 75%) is alongside the sea as the trail mostly follows the perimeter of Rosslare Peninsula. Despite being a relatively short walk, I encountered...
The Hollywood Sign has to be one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. Every time I see it on the big screen I always think wouldn’t it be lovely to go hiking to the Hollywood sign. To be honest, hiking to the Hollywood Sign has always been a...
Glendalough has to be one of the most beautiful places in Ireland; if not the whole world. The glaciated valley has spectacular natural beauty with waterfalls, massive cliff faces, scenic ribbon lakes and calming woodlands. In addition, Glendalough offers an amazing glimpse of man's history in the area. The Spinc...
The Great Sugar Loaf mountain dominates the landscape as you leave Dublin and head for the Wicklow countryside. The steep angles of the peak of the mountain provide a really distinctive physical feature in the skyline. On my many hikes in the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains, the Great Sugar Loaf...
Walking the Grand Canal certainly has a different feel to many of the walks and hikes that I document on wildirishwalks.ie. The exception being of course the series I wrote about walking the Royal Canal Way from Spencer Dock in Dublin to the village of Ballynacargy in County Westmeath. The...
Something a little different here as instead of writing about wild and wonderful Irish walks, this article looks at Climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This was a challenge of a lifetime for me and I wanted to take some time and write about how it all came about and give some...
The Limerick village of Adare is well known across Ireland. Adare is an historic area with plenty to see and do. Add to that the fact that Adare has some amazing culinary options, excellent pubs and is within easy access of Limerick City as well as close to Shannon Airport. Put all this together and it’s...
Completing a ranking of all the Wild Irish Walks recorded trails is something I have been thinking about for a while. The reason being that the most common question I get in relation to hiking in Ireland is most definitely, what is the best walk I have ever done? Of...
