Hiking in Ireland - Southwest (Chapter)

This is the Southwest chapter from Lonely Planet's Hiking in Ireland guidebook.

The Southwest is full of superlatives. Beara Peninsula is wild and craggy; Iveragh Peninsula has the highest, most challenging mountain range in Ireland; and the famous Dingle Peninsula has a coastline so picturesque, Hollywood repeatedly comes calling.

• maps
• climb Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain, on the Coomloughra Horseshoe
• explore the tip of the Sheep's Head, the most isolated peninsula in the southwest
• discover the serrated coastline around Slea Head on the Dingle Way
• challenge yourself along the knife-edged ridges of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks
• transport & accommodation

Coverage includes: The Dingle Peninsula, Brandon Mountain, Slieve Mish Circuit, The Iveragh Peninsula, Coomasaharn, Coomloughra Horseshoe, Reeks Ridge, Purple Mountain & Gap of Dunloe, Muckross, Torc Mountain, Kerry Way Highlight, Derrynane Coastal Circuit, The Beara Peninsula, Hungry Hill, Eskatarriff, West Cork, Pocket of Akinkeen, Sheep's Head Way Highlight, Adrigole, Ardgroom, Allihies, Black Valley, Caherdaniel, Castletownbere, Cloghane, Dingle, Dunquin, Eyeries, Feohanagh, Glencar, Glengarriff, Kilcrohane & around, Killorglin, Lauragh.