Cliffs of Moher to Galway

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This drive takes you along the Wild Atlantic Way, nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the rolling limestone hills of the Burren. Your personal storyteller reveals the hidden stories, the local legends and the must-see stops along the way, from the trad-music village of Doolin to the oyster villages on the shore of Galway Bay.

Here's how to drive it, the stops worth your time, and the versions you can choose in the app. Plan it for free here, then let MacEireann narrate the whole coast as you go.

Hear the full story in the app

Narrated by a traditional storyteller and triggered automatically as you drive. Download on the App Store →

How to drive it

From the Cliffs of Moher visitor centre, head north through Doolin and into the Burren on the coast road, then follow the shore of Galway Bay east toward the city. The roads are quiet but narrow across the limestone; take your time. You'll reach Galway in well under two hours of driving, but the stops can easily fill a day. Driving the other way? Use the Southbound version below.

Stops along the route

These are the places the tour guides you past, in order. The stories are timed to play as you reach each one.

1. Cliffs of Moher

   214 metres of sheer Atlantic cliff, with O'Brien's Tower standing on the very brink.

2. Doolin

   A small village with an outsized reputation - the unofficial capital of Irish traditional music.

3. Ballinalacken Castle

   A 15th-century O'Brien tower house standing on a rocky height above the coast.

4. The Baba Cliffs

   Low limestone sea-cliffs where the grey rock of the Burren meets the open Atlantic.

5. Craggagh

   A wild, rocky stretch of shore on the western edge of the Burren.

6. Fanore

   A rare Blue Flag beach backed by golden dunes, beneath the Burren hills.

7. Murroogh

   A quiet coastal townland looking out across Galway Bay to Connemara.

8. Ballyvaughan

   A charming little harbour village at the foot of the Burren.

9. The Flaggy Shore

   The limestone shoreline immortalised in Seamus Heaney's poem 'Postscript'.

10. Traught Beach

    A long sand-and-shingle strand on the southern shore of Galway Bay.

11. Kinvara

    A postcard harbour village watched over by Dunguaire Castle.

12. Ballinderreen

    A small roadside village on the bay road toward the city.

13. Kilcolgan

    Home of the famous Moran's Oyster Cottage, on the weir.

14. Clarinbridge

    Galway's oyster village, host of the long-running Galway Oyster Festival.

15. Rinville

    Parkland and shoreline on the final approach to Galway city.

16. Galway City

    Journey's end in the Latin Quarter, with buskers, painted shopfronts and the Spanish Arch.

Available in the app

Choose the version that fits your drive — every tour is GPS-triggered, so the stories play in the right order whichever way you head.

Heading the other way? See the full Galway to Cliffs of Moher guide.

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