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      MAYO             ROSCOMMON   # Longford                  Irish
                                                    # \
        # \ Partry                 \               Kells  Drogheda  # ]  Sea
      Lough    4¼    Roscommon  LONGFORD  4¼                  F G
                                        N4
                                                              23
 # \  Mask  F G  N17        # \        :            MEATH  4¼
                                                          N3
           23
       Lough    # Tuam       Lough     Mullingar             DUBLIN
                              Ree
       Corrib   \        4¼       WESTMEATH :  # \  Kinnegad  Swords
                          N63
        Oughterard                              # \             # \
       # \        GALWAY    Athlone \ #     4¼                Dublin
                                             M6
                                                          l
                                                        M4
   # \ Screeb  4¼                                      4¼          \ #
                                                               _ # 1
         N59
       lar             Ballinasloe                        L    # #
                                   N62
     Connaught  # ^ #  4¼   # \   4¼     # \ Tullamore  KILDARE  I
                                                               #
                                                                # \
            #
       4¼  Galway  Kilcolgan        OFFALY
                        M6
            2
       R336
    Galway Bay  # \  # \ Loughrea                       # \ Naas  p366  # \
           4¼   Oughtmama                       4¼                 \ #
           N67
    F G          Valley  Portumna  # \  Birr  # \  Bloom  Portlaoise  M7
                                     Slieve
     26
        # \                        Mountains  # \          WICKLOW
     #   Lisdoonvarna      Lough                          Wicklow   # \
     #
     5
                           Derg
              26
   Cliffs of 4¼  F G CLARE  Nenagh  4¼     LAOIS         Mountains
         N85
                                  M7
    Moher    #     Slieve   # \ Silvermine  4¼  Carlow  # \ 4¼      IRELAND  22 ICONIC IRELAND
             #\ Ennis
                                                     M9
             6
             #
                                         M8
              4¼  Bernagh    Mountains
                   Hills
               M18
          Shannon #\           Thurles              CARLOW
                    # ^ Limerick   # \  Kilkenny # ]  Blackstairs
   Tarbert   4¼                      Slieveardagh    Mountains  WEXFORD
              N69
                         N24
      # \                4¼  TIPPERARY  Hills
         Rathkeale  \ #  Lough  Tipperary  # ] Cashel  Kells  # \  Enniscorthy
                                                           # \
   4¼         LIMERICK  Gur  Slievenamuck  KILKENNY New    4¼ 4
                  4¼
                             #
                             \
                   N20
    N69
                    Charleville  Hills  Clonmel  Booley  Ross  # \  N11
      Mullaghareirk  # \  Galtee Mountains  # \  Hills  Wexford  ]
                                                            #
      Mountains                       Comeragh
 \ #           Ballyhoura             Mountains             4
    KERRY      Mountains Mitchelstown           # ^ Waterford  # \
                           # \
                                     Nire Valley             Rosslare
                  Mallow     Blackwater  WATERFORD    Ballyteige  Harbour
                        N72
                    # \  4¼   Valley                    Bay
   #       Derrynasaggart  Nagles      # \ Dungarvan
    9
   #
   # ] Killarney
             Mountains   Mountains
   Killarney   CORK                # \ Youghal
   National         Cork   4¼      Youghal
                           N25
  \ #  Park            # ^          Bay
                   F G                              St George's
                   23
               4¼     # \ Kinsale                   Channel
               N71
    # \ Bantry
   # \ Durrus                 # e 0 0                  50 miles  100 km
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          down Shop St towards        YOUR
          the Spanish Arch and the    TRIP
          River Corrib, stopping off   n   The Long Way   q   Musical
          for a little liquid suste-  Round         Landscapes
          nance in one of the city’s   For comprehensive   Take a detour from
          classic old pubs. Top of   coverage of the best   Galway through County
          our list is Tig Cóilí (Main-  of south and north,   Clare’s hottest trad
          guard St; h10.30am-midnight   combine these two trips   music spots, picking
          Mon-Thu, to 12.30am Fri & Sat,   making a loop from   up the trail again in
          to 11pm Sun), a fire-engine-  Galway.  Lisdoonvarna.
          red pub that draws
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