Walk, Loug Key, Fairy Bridge, River Shannon, Dromineer, Ireland, walkforfun.co.uk

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	Walk. Lough Key. Fairy Bridge. River Shannon. Dromineer. Ireland
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10 km; 2.5 hrs; Start: Map 59 R814862

On roads and lakeshore paths. pleasant country walk
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Fortification	Stateley Home	Times gone by

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Lough Derg, one of the largest of Ireland's lakes, is aptly named Ireland's pleasure lake

Its 32 000 acres - some fifty square miles - are an unrivalled asset both for the natives

of its three adjoining counties Galway Tipperary and Clare Stone Age

Bronze Age and Iron Age communities farmed, hunted and fished, shaped
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A Walk from Dromineer

Maps:

Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Discovery Series 1:50,000

Map 59, Central Lough Derg including Williamstown Dromineer and Garrykennedy
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THE WALK

The Lough Derg Way

The following walk is partly along the route of the Lough Derg Way ( LDW )

which currently appears to extend from Dromineer to Killaloe The time taken for the walk was under 2 hours

Leave Dromineer by the road past the Whiskey Still. When you reach a T - junction ( R812852 ) signposted LDW, turn right

A pleasant walk along a well metalled road leads to a gate into a private house. A sign on the left reads "Lough Derg Way walkers only"

Over the stile the LDW route through a series of fields is signalled only by occasional yellow arrows on posts

A number of closed gates are passed by well built stiles to the right of each gate. There are occasional glimpses of Ryan's Point

even though a number of quite modern properties lead off the track

You eventually reach a new well-made lakeboat harbour fronting a recently constructed bungalow

fenced off but quite accessible. It affords an idyllic view across Youghal Bay

The walk continues past a succession of impressive holiday homes and turns inland near the top of Youghal Bay

through prosperous farmland, with the road gradually improving

Eventually, you reach another T- junction (R821845) where the LDW turns right on its way to Killaloe

Instead a left turn will bring you back full circle to the LDW signposts (R812852) mentioned at the start

A right turn leaves you a rewarding half-mile downhill walk back to Dromineer. The panoramic views on the way down of the harbour

St David's, Illanmore and the breadth of the lake are just reward for the labours of the previous couple of hours

This Walk Has Been Brought To You Courtesy Of Jim Murray
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