Travel tips in Munster, Ireland

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Natural features

Cliffs of Moher

Clare

Ireland's most famous natural sight: sheer cliffs rising up to 214 m out of the Atlantic, running for 14 km along the County Clare coast.

Natural features

Killarney National Park

Killarney, Kerry

Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.

Natural features

Mizen Head Signal Station

Cork

Ireland's most south-westerly point, where a footbridge crosses a deep chasm to the old signal station on a rocky island, with the Atlantic crashing …

Natural features

Ring of Kerry and Skellig Michael

Cahersiveen, Kerry

The Ring of Kerry is a 179 km scenic route around the Iveragh peninsula, past mountains, lakes, beaches and villages.

Historic sites

Rock of Cashel

Cashel, Tipperary

A dramatic group of medieval buildings on a limestone outcrop above the plains of Tipperary, once the seat of the kings of Munster, where St Patrick …

Historic sites

Baltimore and Sherkin Island

Skibbereen, Cork

A fishing and sailing village at the end of the road in West Cork, with pubs and seafood restaurants around its harbour and the ruins of a castle abo…

Food and drink

Gus O'Connor's pub, Doolin

Clare

Doolin, a small village on the County Clare coast, is the traditional music capital of Ireland, and Gus O'Connor's is its most famous pub, serving pi…

Natural features

Lough Hyne

Skibbereen, Cork

A saltwater lake near Skibbereen, joined to the sea by a narrow tidal channel called the Rapids, where the water rushes in and out with the tides.