The Ireland Way is Ireland's longest coast-to-coast walking and cycling trail that joins the newly developed

Beara-Breifne Way The Beara-Breifne Way is a long-distance walking and cycling trail being developed from the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland, to Blacklion in the area of Breifne in County Cavan. The trail follows closely the line of the historical march ...

to the

Ulster Way The Ulster Way is a series of walking routes which encircles Northern Ireland. It was founded in the 1970s by Wilfrid Merydith Capper, who was inspired by Tom Stephenson's Pennine Way. The route was relaunched in 2009 by the Department of th ...

on the

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. The trail goes from the

Beara Peninsula Beara () or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare River (which is actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It contains two mountain ranges running down its ce ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

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Ballycastle, County Antrim Ballycastle () is a small seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the north-easternmost coastal tip of Ireland, in the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Ballycastle lies at roughly the midpoint of the ...

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. The Beara-Breifne Way trail follows closely the line of the historical march of O’Sullivan Beare. One of the first people to walk the Ireland Way in one go was a Canadian woman named Maysen Forbes in 2017.

Route

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 Suck Valley Way is a long-distance trail in Ireland. It is a long circular route that begins and ends in Castlerea, County Roscommon. It is typically completed in five days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National T ...

, the Lung Lough Gara Way, the Miners Way and Historical Trail, the

Leitrim Way The Leitrim Way is a 57km long-distance trail between Leitrim village, and Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland. This route is generally completed over 2–3 days, and brings walkers through a variety of landscape forms common to this part of ...

, the

Cavan Way The Cavan Way () is a long-distance trail in County Cavan, Ireland. It is long and begins in Blacklion and ends in Dowra. It is typically completed in one day. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of th ...

and the

, ending with the Causeway Coast Way.

References

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External links

* The Ireland Wa

* The Irish Time

Long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland Footpaths in Northern Ireland