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Drimoleague

Map

Map depicting the Drimoleague area and the primary way marked trails:

Mapof Eastern section

Directions and detailed route maps

Choose your walk from the following trails:

  • Deelish Cascades Linear
  • Schronacarton Linear
  • Castle Donovan Loop
  • Drimoleague Heritage Loop
  • Glanaclohy Loop
  • Moyny Bridge Loop

About Drimoleague

This West Cork village of approximately 450 residents has become well known as the Walker’s Junction of West Cork. Situated roughly halfway between the towns of Dunmanway and Bantry on the R586 regional road.

Drimoleague lies within the River Ilen basin, and its main street stretches out alongside one of its fast flowing tributaries, the Ruagach. The village location ideally placed it as a natural junction for the Bantry and Skibbereen branches of the West Cork Railway. It arrived in 1880 and transformed a scattered hamlet into a thriving village. No longer a railway station, the village has made use of the railway remnants as it developed and extensive selection of walking routes.

The village has much to offer the visitor. There are a number of guesthouses, bars, a restaurant, a take-away and a modern convenience store. There is a splendid GAA pitch, and a fine pitch-and-putt course, which is immaculately kept by a local committee. The basketball and tennis courts have been recently refurbished and the children’s playground is modern and well maintained.

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News & Updates

The Sheep’s Head Way is closed to the public on Sunday 31st January 2021

As usual each year, the Sheep’s Head Way is closed on 31 January, unless the expressed wishes of the Landowner states otherwise. This has become a customary practice which enables the landowner to grant permission for the public to access their land throughout the remaining year without risk of any public right of way being established. We hope you will respect this necessary inconvenience.

Mount Corrin loop

Due to storm damage, the forestry section of the Mount Corrin loop walk will remain closed until further notice.

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