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Posts with the Tag 'Killarney'

Motorbike Tours Ireland – Routes and prices update 2023 » This is the first set of routes in an all new concept I’ve come up with for those on all budgets wishing to get the absolute best riding experience without the many hours of research it takes to plan a trip or the the expense [...]

Motorbike Tours Ireland – Routes and prices update 2023 » New for 2019 – Ireland South, Dublin/Rosslare to Westport via Kinsale GPX Self Guided 6/8 Day Tour. As with the Killarney Base 6 day tour this is simply a pack supplied by email containing GPX routes and all the poi’s you could possibly need to [...]

By Dave Daniels I’ll start off with the overall plan. Leave the east coast of Lincolnshire and head for Holyhead, catch ferry to Dublin and stay there over night. Next day head for Cork and then stay there the night. After that pick up the Wild Atlantic Coast road and go until we fancied stopping [...]

Tour Route:This is a full on, 11 day, 12 night tour taking in some of the best roads Ireland has to offer as well as the Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling in August. Start:Killarney on August 21st Finish:Killarney on September 2nd What is included: Prices include 11 days riding, 12 nights accommodation, SatNav with [...]

By Eddie Smyth Today I changed back to being a lone rider following a route plan of my own making as I set off for County Wicklow for an overnight stop in a Mountain View retreat before meeting up with the ferry that brought me here to take me back to the UK.

By Eddie Smyth It looked very much like the weather would hold today. Denis had worked out that a trip to the lesser known and more remote parts of this fabulous region would top off the trio of trips. There would be little coastline to work along and I was warned that some of the [...]

By Eddie Smyth It was seriously raining after breakfast today. The view towards the hills were obliterated by low cloud and curtains of rain sweeping across the valley. We left it an hour or so hoping for the forecasted break to appear. Thankfully, it did.

By Eddie Smyth After taking three days to get from Worcestershire to Killarney, via Dublin, Westport and Kilrush I now have three more days in the company of my good friend Denis who runs the biker website www.roadtrooper.com, with the promise of riding some of the most glorious touring roads you could hope to imagine [...]

By Eddie Smyth It rained so had during the night I thought the TV had switched itself on and was blaring out static. I slipped out to check the bike at 08:00. It looked like a miserable puppy caught in a downpour. If only I could get it inside the hotel side door and up [...]

This is the first chapter in my Wild Atlantic Way Motorcycle Touring Guide, in this section I’ll be giving you an overview of what to expect from motorcycle touring along Ireland’s west coast and the Wild Atlantic Way tourist driving route. First off, the Wild Atlantic Way, or Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin in Irish is [...]