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The most frequented trails are the Wicklow, Sheep's Head, Kerry, Dingle, Beara, Burren and Western Ways. [4] In 1997, the Heritage Council, started developing a series of walking routes based on medieval pilgrimage paths, and there are now 124 kilometres (77 miles) of major penitential trails: Cnoc na dTobar, Cosán na Naomh, St. Finbarr's ...
Geography of Ireland. Ireland is an island in Northern Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean. The island, of up to around 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, lies near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the Eurasian Plate. Its main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by ...
The Wild Atlantic Way ( Irish: Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of Ireland. The 2,500 km [ 1] (1,553 mile) driving route passes through nine counties and three provinces, stretching from County Donegal 's Inishowen Peninsula in Ulster to Kinsale, County Cork, in ...
The Dingle Way ( Irish: Slí Chorca Dhuibhne) [3] is a long-distance trail around the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a 162-kilometre (101-mile) long circular route that begins and ends in Tralee and is typically completed in eight days. [4] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the ...
NASA satellite image of the Dingle Peninsula. The Dingle Peninsula ( Irish: Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny or Corcaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland. [1]
Beara Way. The Beara Way ( Irish: Slí Bhéara) [2] is a long-distance trail in the southwest of Ireland. It is a 206-kilometre (128-mile) long circular trail around the Beara Peninsula that begins and ends in Glengarriff, County Cork, also passing through parts of County Kerry. [citation needed] It is typically completed in nine days. [1]
Slieve Mish Mountains ( Irish: Sliabh Mis, meaning ' [possibly] mountains of Mis'), [5] is a predominantly sandstone mountain range at the eastern end of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Stretching 19 kilometres (12 miles), from the first major peak of Barnanageehy outside of Tralee in the east, to Cnoc na Stuaice in near Central ...
Westport ( Irish: Cathair na Mart, meaning 'the stone fort of the beeves', historically anglicised as Cahernamart) [ 2] is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. [ 3] It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for quality of life. [ 4]