09/06/2026
And if you happen to be lucky enough to be travelling in a campervan or caravan then definitely stay at Tom Malones Aire in Miltown Malbay Co Clare,V95NV63 on the Wild Atlantic Way. The site is in the middle of the town close to fab beaches, surfing and swimming. Walk to restaurants, pubs and the Design Bank, nightly trad music sessions. There is a FREE hop on hop off shuttle bus running several times daily to all the villages , towns and scenic spots in West Clare including, Lahinch, Liscannor, Doolin, The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher with FREE Entry to the Cliffs. There is ehu, chem toilet, fresh water, grey/black water, security barrier, lighting and CCTV, Wifi, toilets and showers. Stay with the locals, sure what more could you want.
☘️ Nobody tells you about the boreens. The tourist guides send you to the Cliffs of Moher and the Ring of Kerry, and those are genuinely worth your time. But the Ireland that will actually stop your heart is the one at the end of a lane so narrow your wing mirrors are brushing the hedgerows, where the tarmac runs out and becomes a track and the track becomes a path and the path opens suddenly onto a view of the Atlantic that nobody has put on a postcard because they couldn't figure out how to make it fit.
There are things about visiting Ireland that no travel guide covers because they're not really about logistics. They're about how to receive the place properly. Don't rush the west. The west of Ireland operates on a different relationship with time than anywhere you've likely been, and if you arrive with a packed itinerary and a need to be somewhere by three, you'll miss the whole thing. The best conversations happen when you stop somewhere for what you thought would be a quick coffee and stay for two hours because the person behind the counter has a story you didn't know you needed to hear.
And when a local tells you to take the scenic route, take the scenic route. They're not adding twenty minutes to your journey. They're telling you where Ireland actually lives. Drop a comment if you've been to Ireland and found something the guidebooks missed, and follow The Irish Remembered for more. ☘️
