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Croagh Patrick near Murrisk, County Mayo, with the eroded path to the summit
Walk · Co. Mayo

Croagh Patrick

The 764-metre mountain near Murrisk, traditionally the place where St Patrick fasted — a broad, windswept summit and one of the great walking and pilgrimage places in the country.

Free to climb.
Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of County Kerry
Island · Co. Kerry

Skellig Michael

A small, steep island off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to an early Christian monastery of beehive huts — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the great places in the country.

Boat fare and a landing charge apply; check the current service for prices, the schedule and the booking requirements.
The cliff faces of Slieve League dropping to the sea in County Donegal
Headland · Co. Donegal

Slieve League

A wall of grey limestone dropping roughly 600 metres into the Atlantic on the Inishowen Peninsula — among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, and only properly seen from the foot of them.

Free to visit; a small parking charge may apply at the car park.
The Blasket Islands off the south coast of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry
Island · Co. Kerry

The Blasket Islands

Two small islands off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to a community until 1956 — now a nature reserve and one of the most important seabird colonies in Europe.

Boat fare applies; check the current service for prices and the schedule.
Protected view
Attraction · Co. Sligo

Clooney More

A headland on the north coast of Sligo Bay and one of the best-known surf spots in Ireland — a place we describe here without a precise map, because the headland and its dunes are fragile and the land is not all public.

Free to view from the road.
Area · Co. Donegal

Derryveagh

A large, remote mountain and glen country in southwest Donegal, centred on Derryveagh National Park — one of the wildest areas of lowland and mountain on the west coast.

Free to visit.
Headland · Co. Donegal

Malin Head

The northwestern tip of mainland Ireland, where the Wild Atlantic Way starts — a lighthouse, a tenth-century cross, and the widest view of two seas you will get on this coast.

Free to visit.
Area · Co. Clare

The Burren

A 15,000-hectare karst landscape in north Clare — a plain of limestone and dry stone walls, a UNESCO Global Geopark, and one of the great walking places in the country.

Free to walk.
The Cliffs of Moher rising from the Atlantic off the west coast of County Clare
Headland · Co. Clare

The Cliffs of Moher

Two kilometres of cliff falling up to 214 metres into the Atlantic, above the village of Doolin — the most visited natural site in the country, and still worth going to, if you know how.

Access to the cliffs is free; the visitor centre is ticketed.