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The Cliffs of Moher under a grey sky, the cliff wall running out to O’Brien’s Tower with the sea stack below

Wednesday 23rd September

Ireland, county by county, and what’s on this week

520 places worth the drive in all 26 counties, and 671 events coming up.

Castles Beaches Walks Islands This weekend

This week in Ireland

Festivals, markets, gigs and days out starting in the next seven days.

All 671 events, by the day

Start with these

Five places people cross the country for.

The Cliffs of Moher dropping to the Atlantic, with the clifftop path along the green edge

Cliffs · LiscannorCliffs of MoherSea cliffs run about 14km down the west Clare coast, and the visitor centre is dug into the hillside above Liscannor.

The white quartz front and kerbstones of the Newgrange mound above green fields

Megalithic tomb · DonoreNewgrangeThe passage tomb went up around 3200 BC under a mound above the Boyne. You go in on a guided tour that leaves from the visitor centre.

The round tower and church at Glendalough among the trees

Monastic site · LaraghGlendaloughGlendalough fills a glacial valley, with a round tower, a gateway and two lakes above it.

Skellig Michael rising out of the Atlantic under a clear sky

Island · PortmageeSkellig MichaelThe monastery was built on a rock out in the Atlantic. You go by boat from the harbour when the sea allows it.

The Rock of Cashel, its cathedral and round tower rising above the grass on a bright day

Monastic site · CashelRock of CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.

Or go by what you want to see

Every castle, beach and walk we list, across the whole country.

Castles212 places Beaches188 places Walks36 places Mountains and cliffs53 places Abbeys and churches247 places Ancient sites71 places Gardens and parks255 places Museums481 places Islands and coast52 places Lakes and waterfalls30 places Towns and villages51 places Every county26 counties

Guides

Longer reads for planning a trip.

Waves breaking against the Cliffs of Moher on the Atlantic coast

5 min readThe Wild Atlantic Way from Clare to DonegalThe northern half of the coast road, county by county, with the stops we would make and the ones we would drive past.

South-east view of Inchydoney beaches. The peninsula dominating the bottom of the image is Virgin Mary's Point

5 min readIreland's best beaches, province by provinceTwenty beaches worth the drive, sorted by province, with what each one is actually like when you get there.

A marble bust between the bookshelves of the Long Room at Trinity College

5 min readA first-timer's week in IrelandSeven days that take in Dublin, the Boyne valley, the southwest and the Burren without spending the whole week in the car.

Stalactites hanging in a chamber of Aillwee Cave

5 min readIreland in the rain: what to do when the weather turnsIt rains on about half the days of the year, so here are the places that are better in it, county by county, plus the outdoor ones that do not care.

Bronze age gold ornaments in a case at the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street

5 min readFree things to do in IrelandThe hills, headlands, dolmens and city museums where there is no ticket office at all, and the honest rule for telling which is which.

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