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...
This article gives an overview of a 5.7km walk along the Liffey as the river flows slowly through Dublin’s city centre. The Liffey Walk is unusual for a number of reasons. Firstly, the Liffey Walk is completely urban. Indeed the route is probably through the busiest area in the whole...
Wildirishwalks.ie is a blog dedicated to walking and hiking in Ireland. I’m not sure if we are one of the best Irish hiking blogs but we do try to offer something unique to readers. For us, it’s in depth guides to various different hiking trails across the country. We like...
I’m a huge believer in supporting local businesses and always try to buy Irish whenever possible. With that in mind, I wanted to put together a guide to some of the best hiking shops in Ireland. It’s always tempting to chase online bargains, but hiking gear is one of those...
You have a number of options for climbing Djouce Mountain. From the southern side of Djouce, it really depends on where you want to park - the JB Malone Car Park, Ballinastoe Car Park or the Wicklow Way Car Park at Luggala. This article describes climbing Djouce Mountain from the...
The Lough Bray Loop walk is a fantastic 6.7km hike in County Wicklow. There are a few ways of hiking around Lough Bray. The Lough Bray Loop as detailed in this article actually circles two lakes - Lough Bray Lower and Lough Bray Upper. While only just under the 7km...
