Exploring Ireland

Exploring Ireland is a comprehensive, full-colour guide to the island’s outdoors designed for day trips, weekends and longer adventures. The book lists more than 1,700 places and activities, from gentle signposted walks and family-friendly beaches to demanding mountain hikes, long-distance trails, blueways and cycle routes, giving readers a huge range of options whatever their ability or available time. Over 600 colour photographs capture the character of locations and help you choose destinations at a glance, while accurate coordinates for every entry and an overview map at the start of each chapter make navigation straightforward and reduce time spent searching for parking or approaches. The guide covers diverse landscapes — forests, islands, rivers, lakes, heritage sites, parks and gardens — and includes practical suggestions for places to stay and eat so you can plan complete trips. At 384 pages in a 210 × 170 mm full-colour paperback format, the book is compact enough to keep in the car or pack yet detailed enough to support multi-day itineraries; it also includes bonus material such as a gravel-route feature for Slieve Aughty, County Clare/Galway. Produced and printed in Ireland by Walsh Colour Print, Exploring Ireland is aimed at anyone who wants reliable, well‑researched local knowledge across the whole island.

• Over 1,700 places and activities — offers a vast selection of options so you can pick short outings or build extended itineraries without needing multiple guides.
• Over 600 full-colour photographs — provides clear visual previews to help you recognise sites and decide which locations suit your interests.
• Accurate coordinates for every location — simplifies navigation and reduces time spent locating trailheads, beaches and points of interest.
• Overview map at the start of each chapter — helps you plan routes regionally and see how nearby attractions link together.
• Wide coverage of outdoor activities — includes beaches, signposted walks, mountain hikes, long-distance trails, blueways, greenways, cycle routes, forests, islands, rivers, lakes, heritage sites, parks and gardens for varied trip planning.
• Practical local recommendations — lists interesting places to stay and eat so you can plan logistics and hospitality alongside activities.
• Portable full-colour paperback (210 × 170 mm, 384 pages) — compact for travel yet substantial enough to be a reliable field reference.
• Produced and printed in Ireland — local production and quality printing by Walsh Colour Print in Castleisland, County Kerry.
• Bonus gravel-route feature — includes a dedicated gravel route (Slieve Aughty, County Clare/Galway) for cyclists seeking off-road options.