Back Roads Ireland

266 Pages·2018·3.7 MB·English

by  DK Travel

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BACK RoADS
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
BACK ROADS
IRELAND
Contributors
Donna Dailey, Brian Daughton,
John S Doyle and Yvonne Gordon
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK 6
INTRODUCING IRELAND 8
PUBLISHER Douglas Amrine
LIST MANAGER Vivien Antwi GETTING TO IRELAND 10 Above The Belfry Tower, known as the Yellow Steeple, of
St Mary’s Abbey on the River Boyne
MANAGING ART EDITOR Jane Ewart
PRACTICAL INFORMATION 12
EDITORIAL Michelle Crane, Alastair
Drive 5
Laing, Georgina Palffy, Fay Franklin,
DRIVING IN IRELAND 16
Dorothy Stannard, Vicki Allen, VIKING COUNTRY
Justine Montgomery
WHERE TO STAY 22
ART EDITORS Shahid Mahmood, Waterford City to
Kate Leonard, Maite Lantaron WHERE TO EAT 24 Ballymacarbry 70
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER 3 days
Linda Dare THE DRIVES 28
PICTURE RESEARCH Ellen Root,
Drive 6
Rhiannon Furbear Drive 1
DTP Jason Little, Jamie McNeill KILKENNY’S MEDIEVAL
A TASTE OF EAST CORK
CARTOGRAPHY MANAGER TREASURES
Uma Bhattacharya Cork City to Youghal 30
SENIOR CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR 2 days Kilkenny City to Carlow
Casper Morris Town 78
CARTOGRAPHY Drive 2 1–2 days
Stuart James, Schchida Nand Pradhan
ISLANDS AND LIGHTHOUSES
JACKET DESIGN
Drive 7
Tessa Bindloss, Meredith Smith Kinsale to Macroom 38
ILLUSTRATIONS TIPPERARY’S HOLY GLEN
4–5 days
Arun Pottirayil, Pallavi Thakur,
Cashel to Clonmel 86
Dev Datta
Drive 3
2–3 days
Printed and bound in China
THE MAJESTIC RING OF KERRY
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Drive 8
Dorling Kindersley Limited, 80 Strand, London Kenmare to Killarney 50
WC2R 0RL. THE SUNNY SOUTHEAST
A Penguin Random House Company 3 days
17 18 19 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Enniscorthy to the
Reprinted with revisions 2013, 2018 Drive 4 Saltees 94
Copyright 2010, 2018 © Dorling THE DINGLE PENINSULA 3 days
Kindersley Limited, London
All rights reserved. No part of this publication Tralee to the Maharees Drive 9
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
Peninsula 60
or transmitted in any form or by any means, CARLOW’S HIDDEN TREASURES
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording 2 days
or otherwise, without the prior written Tullow to
permission of the copyright owner.
Bagenalstown 102
A CIP catalogue record is available from the
British Library. 2 days
ISBN 978 0 2413 0658 1
Jacket Dunluce Castle, along Causeway Coast, Ireland Below Iron Age Staigue Fort, near the village Below View from the narrow road
of Castlecove on the Iveragh Peninsula over the Coomakesta Pass, Co Kerry
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Above Howth Marina, near Dublin, Above Thatched cottage in the fishing village Above The picturesque road curving
full of clinking yachts and pleasure boats of Skerries, on Dublin’s north coast down to Coumeenoole Bay, Co Kerry
Drive 10 Drive 15 Drive 20
LOUGHS AND LIGHTHOUSES VALLEY OF THE KINGS LEGENDS AND LAKES
Portumna to Tarbert 110 Drogheda to the Hill of Mullaghmore to Lough
2–3 days Tara 154 Key 198
3 days 4–5 days
Drive 11
LYRICAL CLARE Drive 16 Drive 21
Ennis to the Burren 120 HEART OF THE LAKELANDS DRAMATIC DONEGAL
2–3 days Athlone to Strokestown Newmills to
Park House 162 Rossnowlagh 210
Drive 12
2 days 4–5 days
THROUGH THE SALLY GAP
Drive 17
Enniskerry to Mount Drive 22
Usher Gardens 128 CONNEMARA AND ITS
THE FANAD PENINSULA
3–4 days LOUGHS
Ramelton to Rosguill
Clifden to Cong 170
Peninsula 222
Drive 13
3–4 days
2 days
THE PLAINS OF KILDARE
Drive 18
Celbridge to Drive 23
Kilcullen 138 CONNEMARA’S COAST CLASSIC NORTHERN IRELAND
2 days Galway to Spiddal 180 Carrickfergus to Lough
3–4 days
Neagh 230
Drive 14
Drive 19 5 days
DUBLIN’S NORTH COAST
MAYO’S COASTAL SPLENDOUR Drive 24
Dublin to Ardgillan
Demesne 146 Westport to Doogort 190 THE LAND OF ST PATRICK
2 days 2–3 days Belfast to the Mountains
of Mourne 242
3 days
Drive 25
Below Hay bales in the pretty countryside Below The entrance to 400-year-old Trinity College,
around Skerries, near Dublin Dublin, Ireland’s oldest and most prestigious university FERMANAGH LAKELANDS
Belleek to Boa Island 250
2 days
INDEX 258
Title page: Horse-drawn caravan on the shores of
Doolough, Co Mayo Half-title page: Quiet country
road from Carran to Caherconnel in the Burren, Co Clare
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About this Book
The 25 driving tours in this guide reflect the oldest cultures, glimpses of which can be found
fantastic diversity of Ireland. Although it is a in its mysterious prehistoric sites, its quaint
relatively small island – 488 km (303 miles) long stone villages and its ancient native tongue.
and 304 km (189 miles) at its widest point – it has These driving routes take visitors beyond the
an amazing variety of terrain. The landscape must-see tourist sights to lesser-known places
ranges from rolling green pastures and fertile that provide a more intimate experience of
fields to mountain peaks, dramatic coastline, the people, customs, architecture and cuisine.
sandy beaches, tranquil lakes (loughs), great Expect delightful surprises around every bend,
stretches of blanket bog and rocky peninsulas packed with the sights, sounds and flavours
jutting out to sea. Ireland has one of Europe’s of the real Ireland.
Getting Started dramatic landscapes of Connemara
The front section of the guide will and Donegal to Northern Ireland’s Using the Sheet Map
give you all the practical information stunning Causeway Coast. A pull-out road map of the entire
you need to plan and enjoy a driving Each drive begins with a list of country is supplied. This map
holiday in Ireland. It includes an highlights and a clearly mapped contains all the information you
overview of when to go and how to itinerary. There is advice on the best need to drive around the country
get there, advice on bringing your time of year to do the drive, road and to navigate between the
own vehicle or hiring one and details conditions, market days and major tours. All motorways, major
of any documentation required. In- festival dates. The tour pages contain roads, airports – both domestic
depth motoring advice ranges from descriptions of each stop on the route, and international – plus all the
driving rules to road conditions, from linked by clear driving instructions. ferry ports are also easily
buying petrol to breakdown or Side panels have information on the identified. This makes the pull-
accident procedures – the kind of most authentic places to stay and out map an excellent addition to
background knowledge that helps to eat. Tinted boxes feature background the drive itinerary maps within
make a driving trip stress-free. There information and anecdotes. the book. The pull-out map also
is information on money, opening Each drive features at least one has a comprehensive index to
hours, communications, health and mapped town or countryside help you find the places, and is
safety and other practical matters, as walking tour, designed to take a further supplemented by a clear
well as advice on accommodation maximum of two hours at a gentle distance chart so you can gauge
and dining options, to ensure that pace with stops along the way. the distances between the major
you experience the very best of The tours are flexible: some can cities in Ireland.
Ireland’s legendary hospitality. be linked to create a longer driving
holiday; or they can be dipped into
The Drives as day trips while based in a region.
The main touring section of the
guide is divided into leisurely drives,
ranging in duration from two to five
days. All the tours can be driven in a
standard vehicle, and no special
driving skills are required.
The drives encompass every region
of the country, from the gentle plains
of Kildare to the rocky peninsulas of
Cork and Kerry, from the remote and
Top far left Devil’s Pass near Lough Nafooey,
Connemara Top left Rainbow over West Cork
Centre far left Fishing boats in Cobh Harbour, Co
Cork Centre left Old-fashioned truck, Sheep’s
Head Peninsula, Co Cork Far left Dublin’s Temple
Bar area Left Baldoyle Beach, near Dublin Right
Road to Rossapena on the Fanad Peninsula
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About this book & Introducing template (OpenType)
Date 24th March 2009
Size 145mm x 217mm
Fonts Myriad Pro