scenic drives ireland

Among the scenic drives in the North -Sligo area, on of the most spectacular is the tour of Gleniff Horseshoe (which starts at Grange). The road runs around the Glen, past Truskmore (644m / 2,11tft) and affords fine views of the immense limestone cliffs. On the west side near the head of the Glen and 300 m( 1000ft) above the road is Diarmuid and Grainne's Cave. There are several chambers in the cave. The entrance is over 30m (100 ft) wide and 12m (40ft) high. Map of tour on display at G...

The Lough Inagh Drive (164km/102mls) Clifden - Ballyconneely - Roundstone - Tombeola - Derryclare Lough - Inagh Valley - Letterfrack - Cleggan - Claddaghduff - Clifden

Leave Clifden taking the road south to Ballyconneely. This is a superb drive with bogs and beaches on either side. Connemara Golf Club is located at Ballyconneely. Next stop is Roundstone, a picturesque sea village founded in the early 19th century. It has excellent beaches at Gorteen and Dogs Bay. Continue to Toomb...

Buncrana to Carndonagh via Slieve Snacht.
Buncrana is a fast growing town on the eastern shore of Lough Swilly. A traditional holiday centre for neighbouring Derry, Buncrana has seen large amounts of foreign investment arriving in recent years. To the north of the town on the R238 is Slieve Snacht mountain, measuring 615 metres at its highest point. To the north lies the market town of Carndonagh, by continuing on this route the road eventually leads to Malin Head, the most northerly poin...

Deep bays and spectacular peninsular scenery, an ancient Celtic castle, a rock where the O'Donnell Chieftains were inaugurated, and a most varied and interesting forest park, are some of the fascinating attractions of this drive presided over by massive Muckish Mountain....

East Coast Tour

Circular tours - one north, the other south of Dublin.


DAY 1


Northern Tour


306km/190mls


Take the Navan road out of Dublin for Tara - site of a former royal acropolis, situated in an area rich in ancient monuments. Continue north to Navan, Donaghmore and Slane. Visit the Bronze Age cemeteries at Brugh na Boinne, King Williams Glen, Mellifont Abbey and Monasterboice, before heading for Dunleer, Castlebellingha...

"Through a countryside immortalised in the writing of W B Yeats, Nobel Prize winner in 1923, and captured on canvas by his brother Jack B Yeats, a countryside which they thought of as the "Land of Heart's Desire"....

The journey to Wexford by road or river has many pleasant views, and some bends of the river are particularly fine. The last stages lie through the Barony of Shelmalier, which has always had a population of net-fishermen and fowlers. The'bold Shelmalier' with his long barrelled duck gun was a formidable marksman in the Wexford insurgent army. He is commemorated in may ballads. West of Enniscorthy are the Blackstairs Mountains (highest point Mount Leinster, 2,610 feet), which form par...

A spectacular scenic route connecting picturesque West Waterford with South Tipperary over the Knockmealdown Mountains....

Set in a serene area, this bungalow in situated beside Bloomfield Hotel & Leisure Centre & Mullingar golf course. Lough Ennell is just a 5 minute drive away....

Sligo-Carrigart 265km Start your tour from Sligo, a beautifully situated town, surrounded by mountains. Pay a visit to Sligo Abbey and the museum, situated in the county library. Follow the road through Drumcliffe to Grange and Cliffoney into Bundoran- a resort where you'll find enjoyment for all the family. Continue your tour of Donegal from Ballyshannon, leading north to Donegal town and on to Killybegs by way of Mountcharles, Inver and Dunkineely. Following the coast to Glencolumbkille, a p...