The Wild Atlantic Way: Westport to the Skelligs

Climb Croagh Patrick mountain (764m) to the summit chapel

Cycle the Great Western Greenway from Westport toward Newport, on a trail 42 km long end to end

Walk out to Moyteoge Head above Keem Bay and look down on the beach and the cliffs

Walk the length of the village, about a kilometre and a half, through its three sections

Go round Kylemore Abbey, built as Mitchell Henry's castle in 1868

Kayak on Killary Fjord, the 16km glacial inlet between Galway and Mayo

Climb Benbaun at 729m, the highest of the Twelve Bens

Stand back from the rope at Poulnabrone and look at the thin capstone, tilted as it was built rather than by erosion

Descend into Doolin Cave to see the Great Stalactite, reported at 7.3 metres and the longest known free-hanging stalactite in Europe

Walk the fenced cliff-top path north from the visitor centre to O'Brien's Tower

Photograph the Plassy on the north shore — wrecked in 1960 and thrown up onto bare rock by later storms

Check tide times, then swim the Pollock Holes — three natural rock pools on the Duggerna Reef accessible only around low water

Take the seasonal ferry from Kilrush Marina across the Shannon Estuary to Scattery Island, a crossing of about 2.5km, roughly half an hour each way

Complete the 85km peninsula circuit from Dingle via Slea Head Drive

Visit the Blasket Islands Centre at Dún Chaoin and find Peig Sayers' story in it

Book and complete a traditional Irish cooking class covering brown soda bread at Dingle Cookery School

Book and complete the boat trip to Skellig Michael from Portmagee or Ballinskelligs — landings are weather-dependent and cancelled more often than they run

Go down to Foilhommerum Bay, where the successful 1866 cable was landed

Book a licensed wildlife boat trip from Portmagee harbour that circles Puffin Island, a BirdWatch Ireland reserve where landing is discouraged in the breeding season to protect the breeding colony