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27/08/2026

Good evening from an uncharacteristically calm Cliffs of Moher 😍🇮🇪

Here’s a 7 day Irish road trip that takes in the very best of Cork and Kerry 🍀🚗Built around some of the country’s most s...
27/08/2026

Here’s a 7 day Irish road trip that takes in the very best of Cork and Kerry 🍀🚗

Built around some of the country’s most spectacular coastal scenery, this route mixes lively towns, winding mountain roads, little villages and stretches of coastline that feel wonderfully remote 🗺️🌊

A few handy need-to-knows:

🗺️ Starts in Cork and finishes in Kerry (easy to tweak depending on your route)
🚗 A car is essential for this trip
💪 Highlights include Cork City, Kinsale, West Cork, the Ring of Beara, the Ring of Kerry and the Di**le Peninsula
👇 Full itinerary below 👇

Tucked away in the Dublin Mountains, the Merry Ploughboy is one of the capital’s most unique pubs 🍺🎵Owned and run by mus...
26/08/2026

Tucked away in the Dublin Mountains, the Merry Ploughboy is one of the capital’s most unique pubs 🍺🎵

Owned and run by musicians themselves, it’s one of the only pubs in Ireland operated by a full-time traditional Irish music group.

The Merry Ploughboys formed in Dublin more than 30 years ago and later took over the pub, creating a permanent home for their music and live performances 🇮🇪

Today, they perform here over 300 nights a year, blending Irish ballads, storytelling, music and dance for crowds from all over the world.

A cracking spot and well worth a visit if you’re in Dublin 🍻

Photos via Merry Ploughboy Gastro Pub

Anyone else constantly tempted by the idea of buying an old thatched cottage somewhere along Ireland’s west coast and di...
26/08/2026

Anyone else constantly tempted by the idea of buying an old thatched cottage somewhere along Ireland’s west coast and disappearing off beside the sea? 😑🌊🏡

I know full well I’m romanticising it and that the reality would probably involve battling damp, storms and endless maintenance… but scenes like this make it very hard not to dream.

Photo licensed from Brian Luke Seaward

25/08/2026

Rossbeigh Hill in Kerry - a spin or a walk up here treats you to a view that’ll knock you sideways 😮😮⁠
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Just please do be very careful if driving as there are MANY blind spots and this route is a popular walking route!!⁠
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Here’s a taste of what to expect!

Few Irish beaches can match this for a backdrop 😲😲Benbulben rising behind the sand at Rosses Point is one of those views...
25/08/2026

Few Irish beaches can match this for a backdrop 😲😲

Benbulben rising behind the sand at Rosses Point is one of those views that stops you in your tracks 😶😶

This is Sligo on a fine summer’s day (hopefully we have a few more of them en route...) 😎😎

Photo by Conor Doherty/Sligo Tourism via Ireland's Content Pool

"Ohhhhhh when I was driving over, the Cork and Kerry mountains..." 🎶The Caha Pass is one of the most memorable drives al...
24/08/2026

"Ohhhhhh when I was driving over, the Cork and Kerry mountains..." 🎶

The Caha Pass is one of the most memorable drives along the Wild Atlantic Way 😲🚗

Running through the mountains between Cork and Kerry, the road twists through rugged scenery with lakes, rocky peaks and dramatic bends around almost every corner 🗺️🏔️

What really makes this route stand out, though, are the old tunnels cut directly through the rock, giving the drive a character all of its own.

Discover more of Ireland’s most scenic drives below 👇👇👇

Photo licensed from Michael Via Images

There’s a corner of Kerry so remote that it wasn’t connected to the electricity grid until 1976 😶🏔️Hidden between the Ma...
24/08/2026

There’s a corner of Kerry so remote that it wasn’t connected to the electricity grid until 1976 😶🏔️

Hidden between the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks and the Gap of Dunloe, the Black Valley feels wonderfully cut off from the modern world, with narrow roads, scattered farmhouses and mountains rising in every direction 🔌🌊

You’ll find it along the Kerry Way, where it has become a favourite for hikers, cyclists and anyone looking to experience one of Ireland’s quieter landscapes.

Guide with map below 👇👇

Photo licensed from Dawid K Photography

23/08/2026

County Sligo - where it feels like every road eventually spills out beside the Atlantic 🌊🇮🇪

It’s often Kerry, Cork, Dublin and Galway that grab the attention of visiting tourists, but Sligo has a magic of its own - quieter roads, enormous beaches, mountain-backed coastlines and landscapes steeped in myth and poetry ⛰️📖

This is Enniscrone - home to one of Ireland’s finest beaches, famous seaweed baths and a clatter of mighty pubs 🌅🌊

Yeats Country at its finest 😍🏔️This is Benbulben, Sligo’s unmistakable flat topped mountain that has inspired artists, w...
23/08/2026

Yeats Country at its finest 😍🏔️

This is Benbulben, Sligo’s unmistakable flat topped mountain that has inspired artists, writers and travellers for generations 🌄

W.B. Yeats wrote often about the landscapes around Sligo, and it’s easy to understand the pull this place had on him once you see Benbulben rising above the surrounding countryside.

Photo licensed from jksz photography

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