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The Sheep’s Head Way is an award-winning walking route on Ireland’s Atlantic coastline

The walking route traces the coastline of the Sheep’s Head peninsula which is located in southwest Ireland on the Wild Atlantic Way. This beautiful stretch of West Cork’s coastline is home to the main 200km Sheep’s Head Way walking route and 20 loop walks which offer spectactular views over Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay.

Expend the map below by clicking [] in the top corner to start planning where you’ll visit during your stay on the Sheep’s Head Way.

Expand the Google map to find out how to get to the Sheep’s Head peninsula. It will help you to find your way around the great places to stay, eat, and have fun while you’re here!

Just over an hour’s drive from Cork Airport, you’ll find yourself in one of the most unspoilt and serene parts of the world.

The Sheep’s Head peninsula is a European Destination of Excellence, with great food, views, culture, and crafts for you to discover. And the welcome you’ll get here is second to none.

Start planning your trip to one of the most unspoilt parts of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way!

Travel to the Sheep’s Head Peninsula

Flights to Cork Airport

UK airports with flights to Cork Airport include:
Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow and London Stansted, Manchester, and Newcastle.

European airports with flights to Cork include:
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Carcassone, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Gdansk, Girona, Glasgow, Lisbon, Milan, Munich, Nice, Paris, Pisa, Rennes, and Warsaw.

For a full list of flights, and current information on schedules see the Cork Airport website.

Other Airports

Access a full list of international routes to Dublin Airport (3.5 hours from Bantry). Lists are also available for Shannon Airport, and Belfast Airport.

Driving

Durrus on the Sheep’s Head peninsula is a key staging post on the Wild Atlantic Way driving route. Bantry is located on the main N71 route between Cork and Killarney. To plan your route in Ireland, use the AA Route Planner.

Buses & Trains

The nearest train station is in Cork city. Regular buses are available to Bantry (see the national journey planner for more details), and your accommodation or activity provider can help you to organise onward travel from there.

TFI Local Link Cork is launching a new bus route which will improve connectivity between Allihies and Kilcrohane from Monday 12th of June.

Route 232 will operate 4 daily return services, 7 days a week, creating a new connection between Kilcrohane, Allihies and Bantry and will offer enhanced connectivity to villages and areas such as Durrus, Bantry, Glengarriff, Adrigole, Ahakista, Ballylickey, Castletownbere and Dursey Sound.

Timetable available here!

Nearby Destinations

The Sheep’s Head Way begins an hour’s drive from Cork city. The Sheep’s Head is one three West Cork peninsulas. The Mizen peninsula is famous for its lighthouse, and the Beara peninsula offers the gardens of Garnish Island, Hungry Hill and the Dursey cable car as visitor attractions. The peninsulas can easily be explored during your stay with along the Sheep’s Head Way.

Kenmare & Killarney Kenmare (55mins) Killarney (1h 30mins)

Kinsale is the starting point of on the Wild Atlantic Way driving route. (1h 53 mins – Kinsale to Durrus) It’s just a short journey from Cork city and it’s major transport links.

For more information, or for help in planning your trip, contact us on [email protected]

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Visit Historic Places

Bantry House B&B

The Sheep’s Head is a peninsula rich in history and you’ll find traces of its past all along the Sheep’s Head Way walking route.

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Featured Activity

Boolteenagh Sheep's Head - Dympna Crowley

Sheep’s Head Way Section 2: Boolteenagh to Glanlough

Sheep’s Head Way section 2 offers you a beautiful ridge walk with views to both sides over Bantry Bay and the lush valley of Coomkeen. IV 95052 45241 At the top of the ridge, a track turns off from the road. Along this section are several cairns constructed when the first Ordnance Survey maps were […]

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Eden Crest B&B Bantry

Edencrest B&B

Josephine and Barry Walsh welcome you to their beautiful home at Edencrest B&B within walking distance of Bantry’s bustling town centre On arrival, enjoy the delights of Josephine’s home baking as you take in the wonderful views down Bantry Bay and over the Beara and Sheep’s Head peninsulas. If you need tips on visitor attractions […]

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This project has been supported by Cork County Council & the LEADER programme under the Rural Development Programmes 2007-13 and 2017-2021.
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