Ireland’s underrated places and secret beaches revealed in breathtaking photos – including the location for Oscar -winning film
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Secret bays, mysterious waterfalls and hidden waterfalls are just a few of the incredible treasures that tourists wait in the underrated west of Ireland.
A new book, Wild Guide: West Ireland, reveals the best kept secrets of the region with stunning photos of beauty stains in Donegal, Galway, Mayo and more.
Written by Candida Frith -Macdonald with photos from Daniel Start, the book is – available to buy now – is set to help tourists escape from Dublin and ‘Experience Unspoilt Ireland’.
Candida writes: ‘The west of Ireland is so full of dramatic locations and beautiful beaches that it feels like it has been a classic “Riviera” forever, but early visitors often wrote about the softer south coast.
She adds: ‘The Wild Guide is a celebration of wild and legendary places – from cliff walks to confused forests, waterfall baths and deserted islands to intriguing ruins.
‘It is also a guide for delaying food, warm hirches and the welcome of places to stay – from seaweed baths and wicker houses to wild campsites and music -filled pubs.
‘If you travel with a spirit of adventure, take the boren [road] Less traveled and the time to chat with the locals, you have a richer journey wherever you go. ‘
Scroll down to see a selection of some of the most beautiful hidden gems in West -Iierland …
Boat Strand en Dunmore, located in County Waterford, is ‘idyllic’ in the summer, says Candida Frith-Macdonald, who wrote Wild Guide: West Ireland. She adds few people to reach this ‘perfect swimming beach’
The Guinness Tower in Cong Woods was built by the Guinness family in 1864 and is an ‘excellent stone tower’. Candida says: ‘It is usually open, not often visited and can be climbed for a great view’
Above is the Leannan River, a ‘beautiful river pool’ in County Donegal. ‘Downstream can also be gained access to a very exciting gap from the track to the old farm buildings’, say Candida
It may seem as if it was ‘cut by human hand’, but the worm hole in Kilmurvy (shown above) is actually a collapsed sea gem. Swimming shoes are recommended
Cows are caught outside of Rosserk Abbey, who is located on a ‘peaceful riverbank’ in County Mayo. Candida says that the abbey has ‘decorative stone work’ with plants, animals and angels
The beautiful beach shown above is Glassagh Lower Bay in Irksa. Candida describes it as the ‘quietest of three beautiful beaches sheltered by InishSrerer and Inishmeane’
You may recognize Keem Beach from the Banshees by Inisherin and the beautiful place on the distant top of Achill is one of the must-see of Ireland. Candida says that the ‘picturesque bay’ ” ‘was best visited in the morning’
Downpatrick Head, located in Knockaun, County Mayo, is depicted above. The beautiful place is described as a ‘popular and beautiful headland at home of Papegaailersers, Kittiwakes and cormorants’
An ‘idyllic sheltered sweep of pale sand supported by Cobble Duines’, the golden strand in Dugort is depicted above. Described as a secret beach, Candida says that it is possible to camp in the flat in the flat parts
Kerin’s hole in Whitehead is a ‘deep tidal pool in the rocks’ with a ladder to get out. It was renovated by the efforts of local swimmers in 2013
The Tyrone House Ruin in East Galway is a ‘beautiful Georgian Shell’ that inspired the novel The Big House of Inver. Candida describes the job as ‘abundant with blackberries’ when she visited photographer Daniel Start
Church Island (above) is only 100 meters wide, but the home of the remains of a 12th -century monastery with an oratory, cemetery and various beehive huts. It’s a good place for wild swimming
Carrigogunnell Castle, a ‘overgrown and precarious but beautiful ruin, is shown above. It has ‘vaults and different levels to explore’, as well as a view of the Shannon river
‘Dramatic’ Nun’s Beach in Ballybunion (shown above) has a ‘sensational sea covet to explore’. The stack with the bow that can be seen in the middle of the image is known as Virgin Rock
Displaced above is Tra Leitreach & Church, the ‘most popular beach for swimming’ on the island of Inis Oirr. It has ‘silver sand’ and ‘great view’, says Candida
Loch a Mhonain is a ‘dramatic lake, sheltered by pure mountains with a waterfall that tumbles down’. The lake is one of the most accessible of the Brandon Lakes
Known as Coral Beach, this beach in East galway is ‘rightly popular’. Candida says: ‘The Tawny Maerl looks like cake sprinkles, the water has a tropical turquoise tint’
Tourists can walk above the beautiful tower waterfall (shown above) for a beautiful view. In the area, visitors will find old oak and the ivy covered tower that gives the forest its name
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