Launched in spring 2014, the Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500 km coastal route that invites the visitor to explore Ireland’s dramatic western seaboard.
Flagged as ‘the world’s longest coastal drive’, thanks to the many headlands and inlets that beg to be investigated along the way, it aims to highlight the most dramatic landmarks and attractions while also making it easier to find the interesting little out of the way places that might otherwise be by-passed.
It can be joined at any point and is divided into five sections, the first being Donegal in the north, with the other four (Donegal-Mayo; Mayo-Clare; Clare-Kerry; Kerry-Cork) leading you right down the Atlantic seaboard to the southern counties of Cork and Kerry.
A simple route map is available on discoverireland.ie where full information on each section is given, including activities and key ‘discovery points’.
The very distinctive bright blue ‘wave’ road signs make it virtually impossible to get lost - and we have plenty of suggestions for the best places to eat, drink and stay along the way, many of which are run by people who know the west coast back to front and will help visitors to find a genuine sense of discovery along this beautiful and fascinating coastline.
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Castlemine, Co. Kerry
Baking/Bakery
Anyone who has seen and tasted even the smallest example of Samantha (‘Sam’) Harrison’s Cloudberry Bakery products will know that this is something out of the ordinary.
This family-run bakery’s specialities include an impressiv ...
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Castlegregory, Co. Kerry
Café / Deli / Restaurant
Full of character and old world charm, this delightful restaurant is in a 200 year old Irish cottage and, with original features like a big open fireplace with an old black kettle hanging on the traditional crane, it’s the stuff that dreams are m ...
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Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Bakery / Café
Horkan’s Lifestyle and Garden Centre, a few hundred metres along the road from the wonderful Museum of Country Life in Turlough, Castlebar, is a garden centre with a difference, one where you could spend many happy hours.
Having browsed to your ...
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Doolin, Co. Clare
Baking/Bakery / Hotel / Preserves / Restaurant
In the centre of traditional Doolin village, this privately owned hotel is outstanding for its contemporary style - and a vibrant local food philosophy that has earned it a reputation beyond the county. The energetic and inspiring Donal Minihane, who h ...
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Bellharbour, Co. Clare
Bakery / Baking/Bakery / Café / Chocolate / Producers Shop
Although it is well signed near north Clare’s famous Flaggy Shore, John and Kasha Connolly’s charming little chocolate factory, bakery and café still comes as a surprise. John, who knows The Burren like the back of his hand, is well ...
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Kinsale, Co. Cork
Distillery/Brewery / Drinks
Like a lot of craft brewers, Sam Black started out with a home brewing kit. Fast forward a few years and he and his wife, Maudeline, traded up and founded the Kinsale Craft Brewery in 2013 in Co. Cork.
The Blacks are unique in that their brewery was c ...
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Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Drinks
You could say that the White Hag Irish Brewing Company hit the ground fighting in 2014. They had hoped to debut at the Fleadh Cheoil in Sligo in August 2014 with their appropriately named Fleadh Ale, but a small group of local publicans blocked the g ...
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Co. Donegal, North West
Bakery / Baking/Bakery
The main business is now located in Derry, but this is where it all started for Kemal Scarpello's legendary sourdough bakery.
Aka the Slow Food Co, this purpose built bakery (“Ireland's first fully functional Wood Fired Brick Oven Bakery!&rdquo ...
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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Butchers
Donegal Town is exceptionally well catered for in the meat department with several excellent butchers, including EWS Traditional Butchers (Eddie Walsh & Sons,) all within a few yards of each other. Astonishingly good fortune for the shoppers of Don ...
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Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
Bar / Distillery/Brewery / Restaurant
Launched at the Culturetech Craft Beer Festival in 2014, the Walled City Brewery is an ambitious new venture and the first craft brewery in the city centre for over 100 years.
Handsomely located in the old military pay office on Ebrington Square ...
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