Six nights in one small valley that holds five thousand years: the passage tombs at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, the kingship at Tara, the first Cistercians at Mellifont, and the battlefield of 1690.

Ancient Ireland: The Boyne Valley and the Passage Tombs

Dublin

Ten nights in a loop from Dublin to the west and back: Clonmacnoise on the Shannon, three nights in Connemara for Roundstone, the Sky Road and Killary, then Croagh Patrick and Athlone.

Connemara and the West from Dublin

Four nights across Cork, from the English Market in the city to Midleton and Ballymaloe in the east, then west to Clonakilty black pudding and Toons Bridge buffalo mozzarella.

Cork: The Food County

Two nights west of the city for the distilleries, the markets and the Guinness Storehouse, then one on the coast at Portrane for the old pubs and the new kitchens.

Dublin on a Plate: Markets, Distilleries and the Old Pubs

Rosslare

A long weekend in a loop from Rosslare: wintering geese and the dunes at Curracloe, two nights on the Hook Peninsula for Tintern Abbey and Duncannon Fort, then Vinegar Hill and 1798 at Enniscorthy.

Hook Head and Wexford: A Long Weekend from Rosslare

A week-long loop from Ballina: salmon on the Moy and the 1798 French landing, Achill's deserted village and Ireland's first dark sky park, then the Greenway and Croagh Patrick from Westport.

Into The West - Magical Mayo

A loop from the ferry: Viking Dublin, the Boyne tombs, medieval Kilkenny, the Rock of Cashel, the Copper Coast, the Hook and Glendalough.

Ireland's Ancient East: A Fortnight From Dublin Port

Four nights of Dublin as its writers used it: Joyce's Bloomsday route, Beckett's Foxrock and his bridge, Stoker's Clontarf, Wilde's Merrion Square, the pubs in between, then Castletown House in Celbridge.

Literary Dublin: Joyce, Beckett and the Pubs Between

Six nights across the medieval south-east: Kilkenny's walled Medieval Mile, the carved cloister at Jerpoint and the three walled acres of Kells, Waterford's Viking Triangle, and Vinegar Hill above the Slaney.

Medieval Ireland: Kilkenny, Jerpoint and the Viking Triangle

Twelve nights in a loop from Rosslare to Kerry and back: Cork Harbour and Kinsale, three nights in West Cork around Baltimore, Garnish Island and the Healy Pass, Killarney, then Cashel and Kilkenny.

South to Cork and Kerry from Rosslare

Four nights and eighty-five kilometres from the Glens of Antrim along the Causeway Coast to Binevenagh, with short legs, low-tide basalt and a rope bridge to a fishing rock.

The Causeway Coast: A Long Weekend From the Glens to Binevenagh

Belfast

Six nights in a loop from Belfast along the Antrim coast: Glenarm and Cushendun in the Glens, puffins on Rathlin, the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills, then Mussenden Temple on its cliff.

The Causeway Coast and Glens from Belfast

Four nights in a loop from Belfast: Mount Stewart, Nendrum and Castle Ward around Strangford Lough, a climb from Newcastle beach into the Mournes, then Carlingford's greenway and the Proleek Dolmen.

The Mournes and Strangford Lough from Belfast

Six nights across Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, from the passage tombs of Carrowmore and Carrowkeel to the royal complex at Rathcroghan, with Boyle Abbey and a coal mine on the way.

The Passage Tombs of the West: Carrowmore, Carrowkeel and Rathcroghan

Six nights of living traditional music up the west coast, from Willie Clancy's Miltown Malbay and the session pubs of Doolin to Yeats's tower at Gort and the Irish-speaking Aran Islands off An Spidéal.

Trad Music and the Atlantic: Clare to Connemara

Six nights in a loop from Rosslare: Waterford's Viking Triangle, two nights on the Copper Coast for sea stacks and the greenway, Ardmore's round tower and Lismore's gardens, then medieval Kilkenny.

Waterford and the Copper Coast from Rosslare

Cork (Ringaskiddy)

A long weekend in a loop from Cork: Kinsale's forts and Clonakilty black pudding, then three nights around Baltimore for Sherkin Island, Lough Hyne, Drombeg stone circle and whales off Union Hall.

West Cork: A Long Weekend from Cork

Ten nights in a loop from Cork: Kinsale and Baltimore on the West Cork coast, Garnish Island at Glengarriff, Killarney's lakes, three nights in Dingle with the Blaskets, then Blarney and the English Market.

West Cork and Kerry from Cork

Five nights in a loop from Dublin, south into Wicklow and north to the Boyne: Powerscourt and the Sugar Loaf, the Spinc above Glendalough, Trim Castle and Tara, then Newgrange and Knowth.

Wicklow and the Boyne Valley from Dublin

Two weeks down the Atlantic edge: seven campsites, each with the challenges around it, from Croagh Patrick to the 618 steps of Skellig Michael.

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