Wild Atlantic Way

Wild Atlantic Way sign in Cleggan

Malin Head

Fanad Head

Slieve League

Mullaghmore Head

Downpatrick Head

Keem Strand

Derrygimlagh

Cliffs of Moher

Loop Head

Blaskets View

Skelligs Viewpoint

Dursey Island

Mizen Head

Old Head of Kinsale

Signature Discovery Point

The Wild Atlantic Way (Irish: Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast of Ireland. The 2,500 km^[1] (1553 miles) driving route passes through nine counties and three provinces, stretching from County Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula to Kinsale, County Cork, on the Celtic Sea coast.^[2] Along the route there are places and attractions which have been designated as points of interest for travellers.

Key Points of Interest

The North West - Counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo

Slieve League, on the south-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster

• Malin Head, Ireland’s most northerly point
• Lough Swilly
• Buncrana
• Rathmullan
• Rosguill
• Doe Castle
• Horn Head
• Malin Beg beach
• Slieve League cliffs
• Bundoran - popular with surfers
• Tullaghan
• Mullaghmore Head
• Spanish Armada shipwrecks at Streedagh Beach

The West - Counties Mayo and Galway

Sheep in a paddock by the Great Western Greenway near Mulranny. November 2014

• The Céide Fields
• The Mullet Peninsula
• Clare Island Lighthouse at Clew Bay
• Achill Island
• Doolough
• Connemara
• Clifden
• Aran Islands - accessible by ferry from Galway
• Salthill
• Renville Park

The Mid West - Counties Clare and Limerick

• The Burren
• The Cliffs of Moher and the Doolin Cliff Walk
• Loop Head
• The Shannon Estuary and the Shannon dolphins

The South West - Counties Kerry and Cork

• The ruined cottages of Great Blasket Island
• Dingle, Ireland’s largest Gaeltacht town
• Rossbeigh beach
• The Skellig Experience Visitor Centre
• Dursey Island - Accessible by Ireland’s only cable car - is one of 7 inhabited West Cork islands and is located at the end of the Beara peninsula
• Sheep's Head - One of the European Destinations of Excellence for sustainable tourism, the Sheep's Head peninsula is home to the Sheep's Head Way walking and cycling routes.
• Mizen Head - Ireland's southernmost point, with views of Fastnet Rock and Lighthouse
• Allihies and the Allihies Copper Mine Museum on the Beara peninsula
• Cork

See also

• Atlantic Ocean
• Celtic Sea
• Atlantic Corridor
• Lough Foyle
• Western Rail Corridor

References

1. "Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way aims to rival California's Pacific Coast Highway", Belfast Telegraph 22 February 2014, retrieved 31 March 2014
2. Charles Karel Bouley, "Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: Heading West On Adventure", The Huffington Post 23 March 2014, retrieved 31 March 2014

External links

• Wild Atlantic Way Route Map and Photos
• Official website
• Wild Atlantic Way on the Tourism Ireland website.
• Wild Atlantic Way in County Mayo