Ireland Way
| Ireland Way | |
|---|---|
| Length | 840km |
| Location | Republic of Ireland - Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim & Cavan Northern Ireland - Counties Fermanagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim |
| Trailheads | Beara Peninsula and Ballycastle |
| Use | Walking and cycling |
| Season | Any |
| Website | http://theirelandway.ie/ |
The Ireland Way is Ireland's longest coast-to-coast walking and cycling trail that joins the newly developed Beara-Breifne Way to the Ulster Way on the island of Ireland. The trail goes from the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Republic of Ireland to Ballycastle, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The Beara-Breifne Way trail follows closely the line of the historical march of O’Sullivan Beare.[1][2][3][4][5][6] One of the first people to walk the Ireland Way in one go was a Canadian woman named Maysen Forbes in 2017.[7][8]
Route
[edit]The completed route will interconnect existing walking routes: The Beara Way, the Sli Gaeltacht Mhuscrai, the North Cork Way, the Ballyhoura Way, the Multeen Way, the Ormond Way, the Hymany Way, the Suck Valley Way, the Lung Lough Gara Way, the Miners Way and Historical Trail, the Leitrim Way, the Cavan Way and the Ulster Way, ending with the Causeway Coast Way.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Ireland Way - 900km Hiking Trail". The Ireland Way.
- ^ "Beara Breifne Way". Beara Breifne Way.
- ^ "The Beara Breifne Way | Our Initiatives | Landscape | the Heritage Council". Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Beara Tourism". www.bearatourism.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "The Beara-Breifne Way". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "The Ulster Way - A Long Distance Walking Route in Northern Ireland". www.walkni.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Extraordinary Canadian woman on 560-mile hike through Ireland". 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Canadian walks 900km through Ireland to highlight mental health". The Irish Times.
- ^ "The Causeway Coast Way Walking Trail - Homepage - Causeway Coast Way". causewaycoastway.com.