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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Kanturk, Co. Cork
Butchers / Meat & Game / Online Shop
One of Ireland’s most famous butchers and rightly so, McCarthy’s of Kanturk in Co Cork is an institution that is very definitely ‘worth a detour’.
Fifth and sixth generation butchers Jack McCarthy and his son Tim come from a lo ...
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Limerick, Co. Limerick
Butchers
No stranger to awards, Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland (ACBI / www.craftbutchers.ie) member Jim Flavin is 'Limerick's sausage king'. He's been a fixture in Castletroy since 1996 and has earned a loyal following for his excellent meat and butchery ...
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Listowel, Co. Kerry
Baking/Bakery / Café / Preserves / Speciality Store
Pierce Walsh's shop is the kind that every town should have but few do. Where all of their own products are fresh and additive free and, as they say themselves, there's a belief that 'quality only happens when one cares enough, and we care at John R's' ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Fish & Seafood / Fish Shop
O’Connell’s renowned fish stall began life over 40 years ago, started by the late Kay O’Connell, mother of Paul and Pat, who run it today.
Pat O'Connell's meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth here at their English Market stall on ...
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Cork City, Co. Cork
Butchers
Kathleen Noonan first took a stall in the Market in 1955 and is now semi-retired, so her daughter Pauline Mulcahy has taken up the baton, selling traditional pork products.
It is now the only stall dealing exclusively in pig meat – crubeens ( ...
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Westport, Co. Mayo
Butchers / Café / Deli
John McCormack is currently the main man at Kate McCormack's sixth generation butchers shop in Westport and not only is this Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland member continuing the tradition of supplying the people of Westport with excellent meats b ...
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Sligo, Co. Sligo
Food Market
This well known shop was established in 1982 by Kate Pettit and Frank Hopper and is now run by local girl Kate O'Hara who, with her younger sisters Beth and Jane, has taken on the challenge of sourcing and selling a wide range of the finest foods avail ...
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Kilcolgan, Co. Galway
Fish & Seafood / Internet/Phone Mail Order
Kilcolgan is synonymous with native oysters, the famed 'Galway Bay oysters'. Kellys are not only highly respected suppliers to hotels and restaurants in Ireland and abroad (including Rick Stein), but you can also buy them online (Oct-Apr) in smaller qu ...
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Tralee, Co. Kerry
Deli / Food Market
Easy to spot in a former church, you will be glad you found Maeve Duff’s treasure trove of good things.
The well-chosen range of Irish and international foods (and wines) on sale includes local specialities not widely stocked.
Bakery includes a ...
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Kinvara, Co. Galway
Fish & Seafood / Online Shop
Ireland can boast a good few high quality smoked salmon producers and here, on the south side of Galway Bay, Declan Droney's family business in the picturesque seaside village of Kinvara is among the most highly praised.
Personal endorsements aboun ...
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