FROM SEA TO MOUNTAINS WALK WATERFORD - FROM SEA TO MOUNTAINS Walk Waterford is a series of recreational walks throughout Waterford. Choose a trail that suits you: from stunning coastal walks to breathtaking mountain scenery to tranquil woodland settings to picturesque towns and villages and Ireland’s oldest city. Find your trail in Waterford…where Ireland begins. Page COASTAL TRAILS 3 Ardmore Cliff Walk 4 1 The Cunnigar 4 2 Dunmore East Walks 5 Dunmore East Coastal Walks 3 Dunmore East > Portally Cove Dunmore East > Ballymacaw Cove TABLE OF Dummore East Woods Walk 4 Tramore Walks 6 CONTENTS Tramore Nature Park 5 Dunes Walk, Tramore 6 Doneraile Walk 7 Waterford Estuary Walks 7 TRAIL NUMBER Cheekpoint Maritime Walk 8 REFER TO WATERFORD TRAILS MAP p.23 St. Ita’s Walk, Faithlegg 9 Passage East to Hurt Hill Walk 10 LONG DISTANCE TRAILS AND GREENWAY 8 East Munster Way 9 11 St. Declan’s Way 10 12 Waterford Greenway 11 13 MOUNTAIN TRAILS 12 Nire Valley Walks 13 Sgilloges Walk 14 Gap Walk 15 Coumlara Loop Walk 16 Coumduala Loop Walk 17 WATERFORD TRAILS MAP 14 Rathgormack Walks 15 Glenpatrick Bridge Loop 18 Lough Mohra Loop Walk 19 HOW TO USE THIS BROCHURE Rathbeag Loop Walk 20 Boolas Loop Walk 21 This Walk Waterford Brochure is a guide to almost 40 walks all across Waterford. Each walk has a map, trail description River Mahon Walks 16 and important trail information. Examples of the map and trail information symbols used are shown below. The trail Crough Wood Walk 22 maps give details of the trailhead location, nearest town/village and trail route. While every effort has been made to Mahon Falls Walk 23 ensure the accuracy of information contained within this brochure no liability can be accepted for any errors or NATURE AND WOODLAND TRAILS 17 omissions. The brochure will make it possible to choose the trail that is right for you. Happy walking! Colligan Wood Walks 18 Inchidrisla Loop Walk 24 Greenane Loop Walk 25 Ramp Boreen Walk, Tallow 19 26 MAP INFORMATION TRAIL INFORMATION Fenor Bog Walk 19 27 NODA LÉARSCÁILE - MAP INFORMATION Glenshelane Woods Walks 20 M2 GRADE Mótarbhealach Pointe Eolais Blue 28 Motorway i Information Point Multi-access, Easy, Moderate, N25 Green 29 Débhealach Bia ar fáil 700 Strenuous, Very Difficult Dual Carriageway Food available Red 30 N25 Príomhbhóthar Náisiúnta Páirceáil 600 National Primary Road P Parking Melleray Walk 31 R259 Bóthar Réigiúnach Meaisín Bainc 500 DISTANCE WAY MARKING Regional Road € Pass Machine Lismore Walks 21 Mionbhóthar Leithris 400 Lady Louisa’s Walk 32 Other Road Toilets TYPE PARKING Bóthar Portaigh/Foraois Páirceáil Rothar 300 Round Hill Loop Walk 33 Bog/Forest Road Bicycle Parking Loop, Linear & TRAILHEAD 200 The Towers Walk, Ballysaggartmore 34 Cosán Neamhshainithe Ionad Amhairc Molta Undefined path Recommended view point 100 Villierstown and Dromana Woods Walks 22 Líne Iarnróid TRAILHEAD OSI GRID REF Railway Line Ball Suntais ESTIMATED TIME Point of Interest 0 Méadar GPS The Sailors Rock Walk 35 Tús na Siúlóide Metres i Trailhead Dromana Wells Walk 36 NEAREST TOWN Anne Valley Walk 23 37 ASCENT Coillearnach Spotairde (Méadar) OR VILLAGE Woodland 679 Spot height (Metres) URBAN TRAILS 24 TERRAIN MINIMUM GEAR Waterford City 25 Foraois Cladach Carraigeach Forestry Rocky shore St. John’s River Walk 38 Waterford Nature Park Walks 39 Aillte/Talamh Crochta DOGS PERMITTED WEBSITE Cliffs/Steep Ground On a lead / No General Information 26 Acknowledgements 27 COASTAL TRAILS ARDMORE CLIFF WALK 1 AN COINIGÉAR / THE CUNNIGAR 2 p4 DESCRIPTION: Suite i nGaeltacht na nDéise, siúlóid N Eochaill P Dún na Mainistreach Youghal N álainne cois cósta atá sa Choinigéar, Abbeyside R673 i R673 Dungarvan Dún Garbhán Dún 0 0.25 0.5 km nó ‘An Cois’, mar a tugtaí air go háitiúil. i P Is féidir siúl amach ar an gCois trasna 0 metres 400 800 Cuan Airde Móire Dún Garbhán Aird Mhór chuan Dhún Garbhán i dtreo Dhún na St. Augustine’s Church Fearann Ardmore Ardmore Bay Mainistreach le Cruachán agus Na Co- Dungarvan Ghearóid maraigh mar chúlbhrat os do chom- € i P Pointe na Coise i P Cunnigar Point Farrangarret St. Declan’s Well hair. Is tearmann é chomh maith d’éan- Ceann Airde Móire bhreathnóirí agus lucht dúlra. Rinn na Saileog Ardmore Ardmore Head Ringnasilloge Cathedral If you are looking for a refreshing and Ardmore Round Tower scenic coastal walk then the Cunnigar Coastguard Station is for you. This iconic feature is clear- ly visible in Dungarvan Bay when ap- proaching the town on the N25 from Ard Ó Séasta Cork. The sand spit is a feature of An Coinigéar (An Chois) Ardocheasty coastal deposition that extends from oice Cunnigar y the Gaeltacht peninsula across Dun- e An Díseart garvan Bay. It is one of Waterford’s best An Bhr Dysert Watchtower Wreck of the sites for rare waders such as Ringed Fr. O’Donnell’s ‘Samson’ Plover and American Golden Plover. River Brick Well Banc an Tí Ghil While walking admire the views, par- Whitehouse Bank ticularly those across the Bay towards Ceann an Ráma Ram Head Ballinacourty Lighthouse, Abbeyside Church and King John’s Castle. Whale and Dolphin watching location HOW TO GET THERE: Leave Dungarvan heading west on the N25 towards Cork. Turn left on the R674 Siúlóid an Choinigéir Easy 82, X 193 776; The Cunnigar Walk 51.951147, -7.721657 signposted for An Rinn (Ring). Follow the signs to ‘An Coinigéar’. Baile na Cúirte Thuaidh i 4km Ardmore DID YOU KNOW: Loop Trekking shoes, rain gear, water, mobile phone The Cunnigar comes from the Irish word Gort na Daibhche Íochtarach An Coinigéar, meaning rabbit warren. P 1.5hrs On a lead An Rinn Cliff top path, laneways, At the Cunnigar’s northern extent you minor roads www.visitwaterford.com are a mere 250 metres from Abbeyside and approximately 400 metres from Sea front, car park ‘The Lookout’, Dungarvan. SPECIAL NOTES: This is a cliff top walk. Under 12’s should be accompanied by a responsible adult. Check the weather forecast before embarking on your walk. Moderate Southern end of Cunnigar Avoid the cliff walk on windy/foggy days. 6.5km 82, X 274 896 52.05852, -7.60025 DESCRIPTION: HOW TO GET THERE: DID YOU KNOW: Wrapped around a long sandy beach From Dungarvan follow the N25 in the di- St. Declan’s Ecclesiastical Site, is one Linear An Rinn the picturesque village of Ardmore rection of Cork. After approx. 18km make of the earliest ecclesiastical sites in 2hrs Walking shoes, is steeped in history, being one of a sharp left onto the R673 (signs for Aird Ireland, dating from the 5th century. wind/rain jacket, the oldest Christian settlements in Mhór/Ardmore). Once in Ardmore park Within the site is an impressive 29m water, mobile phone Beach & Dunes Ireland. On your walk watch out at the beach car park and take the middle high 12th century round-tower, an www.visitwaterford.com for wonderful archaeology, coastal road past the Cliff House Hotel to where early stone oratory, and a ruined 12th birdlife and the ‘Samson’ shipwreck. it becomes a path leading to the old ruins. century cathedral. On a lead DUNMORE EAST WALKS 3,4 p5 alk i e Bay 2.0 km Lighthouse Black Knob Dunmore East Coastal W P Bá Dhún Mór Dunmor P Castle Gleann Díomais Nymphhall Flat Rocks 1.5 P An Bhinn Rua Red Head alk i oods W oads wn 1.0 xto ossr R684 Co Cr wn East i Dunmore East W xto Coilleach Thoir Co P est DESCRIPTION: DID YOU KNOW: 0.5 Dunmore East Coastal Walk: Dunmore East is one of Dunmore East Coastal walk is situated above many € wn W Waterford’s most picturesque fishing villages and a haven beautiful coves and inlets carved out of conglomerate DÚN MÓR DUNMORE EAST for visitors. Whether you are looking for a beach break, red sandstones known locally as pudding stone and xto to take part in some adrenalin pumping water based used to build the harbour in the 1820’s. Coilleach Thiar Co Earthwork activities or simply to sample some culinary seafood d 0 Port Láirge Ceann Phort Ailigh Portally Head delights, then Dunmore East is the place to be. The Dun- Keep an eye out for the kittiwake colony in the harbour Waterfor more East Coastal Walk was extended in 2020 and now along with fulmar, red legged chough, cormorant and stretches from the trailhead at the harbour car park as shag. Watch out for the occasional seal popping its head far as Ballymacaw Cove, almost 7kms further along the up close inshore. áig an Roide aigariddy Port Ailigh Portally Waterford coast. The first section which takes walkers Gr Gr as far as Portally Cove is ideal for those with a moderate DUNMORE EAST DUNMORE EAST level of fitness; it includes steps and some undulations. TO BALLYMACAW COVE TO PORTALLY COVE SPECIAL NOTE This linear walk is about a 4km round trip. For those Cnocán Pháidín Knockanpaddin looking for a more challenging walk which requires a Strenuous | Moderate There is NO PARKING good level of fitness then the section beyond Portally available at Portally Cove Cove to Rathmoylan Cove and onto Ballymacaw Cove is 15km return | 4km return or Rathmoylan Cove. an almost 15km round trip. There is only very Linear | Linear limited parking space Dunmore East Woods Walk; There are numerous ac- available at Ballymacaw ylan ylan 4 to 5hrs | 1.5hr to 2hrs Cove. Please respect Ceann Muice Swines Head cessible pathways to enjoy in this beautifully maintained local residents and park Ráth Mhaoláin Rathmo woodland. In 1924, John Charles De La Poer, 7th Marquis Cliff top and grassy paths, responsibly.