Climbing in Ireland

Most of the Climbing Areas in Ireland

Introduction

This section covers most of the climbing areas in Ireland. Crags marked with (***) have quality climbing in abundance and are therefore relatively popular.

Crag Index

1. Antrim
2. Armagh
3. Carlow
4. Cavan
5. Clare
6. Cork
7. Derry
8. Donegal

9. Down
10. Dublin
11. Fermanagh
12. Galway
13. Kerry
14. Kildare
15. Kilkenny
16. Laois

17. Leitrim
18. Limerick
19. Longford
20. Louth
21. Mayo
22. Meath
23. Monaghan
24. Offaly

25. Roscommon
26. Sligo
27. Tipperary
28. Tyrone
29. Waterford
30. Westmeath
31. Wexford
32. Wicklow

ANTRIM

Ballygalley Head
Dunsevrick
Fair Head (***)
Garron Point
Ramore Head

ARMAGH

CARLOW

CAVAN

Englishman's House Crag
The Playbank

CLARE

Aran Islands Aran Islands Bouldering Loop Head
The Burren:	Ailladie (*) Aill Na Cronain Ballyryan Ceann Capaill Cliffs of Moher Doolin Eagle's Rock Mulach Mor Murroughkilly (*) Oughtdarra Scailp na Seisri

CORK

Adrigole
Allihies
Beaumont Quarry
Cape Clear Island - Bill of Clear
Cumeengadhra
Glengariff - Eagle's Nest
Knockadoon
Old Head of Kinsale
Seven Heads

DERRY

DONEGAL

Bluestacks:	Barnesmore Gap Glascairns Hill Lough Belshade (***) The Eglish Valley
Derryveagh:	Glen Veagh Lough Barra Muckish The Poisoned Glen
Inishowen:	Barnanmore Binion Crags (Clonmany) Dunaff Bay (Bouldering) Dungloon (Kinnagoe Bay) Dunmore Head (Culdaff) (*) Dunowen (Culdaff) (*) Kinnego Hill Malin Head Port A Doris Port Na Sionnagh (Crummies Bay)
North West:	Breaghy Head Crockanaffrin Crohy Head Crolly (Bouldering) Cruit Island Horn Head Pollnalong
South West:	Carrigan Head (Sail Rock) Duan Head Malinbeg (*) Muckross Head (*) Port Bay Rathlin O'Byrne Skelpoonagh Bay
Islands:	Aranmore Gola (***) Owey Tory Umfin

DOWN

Greyabbey (Bouldering)
Legnaboe
Mourne Mountains: (***)	Mournes Bouldering Annalong Buttress Bearnagh Slabs Bearnagh Tors Ben Crom Binnian Tors Blue Lough Buttress Buzzards's Roost Chimney Rock Mountain Doan Douglas Crag Eagle Mountain Eagle Rocks Hare's Castle Hen Mountain Little Binnian Lower Cove Meelmore Buttresses Percy Bysshe Pigeon Rock Mountain Slieve Beg Slieve Commedagh Slieve Lamagan Slievenaglogh Bluffs Slievenaglogh Buttress Spellack Upper Cove
Newcastle Beach (Bouldering)

DUBLIN

Bullock Harbour (Bouldering)
Dalkey Quarry (***)
Howth Head
Ireland's Eye
Portrane (Bouldering)
The Scalp
The Scalp (Bouldering)
Three Rock (Bouldering)

FERMANAGH

Benaughlin
Crag with a View
Cuilcagh Gap
Hanging Rock
Knocmore (Derrygonnelly)
Monastir Sink
Skreen Rock
The Fosstra
Wheathill Rock

GALWAY

Connemara Bouldering
Derryrush (Bouldering) Errisbeg Little Killary Maamturks Rosroe Peninsula Salruck Pass
Twelve Bens:	Ben Breen Ben Corr Ben Corrbeg Derryclare

KERRY

Ballinskelligs Point
Ballydavid Head
Beenakryraka Head
Black Cliff (Valentia)
Black Valley (Lough Googh)
Bladelands
Bolus Point
Brandon Peak
Doonsheen Head (Trabeg)
Fortress Zawn
Gap Of Dunloe
Glanearagh
Knocknagantee
Reenadrolaun Point
Sybil Head

KILDARE

KILKENNY

Ballykeefe Quarry

LAOIS

LEITRIM

Carrignahasta
Cloch an tSagairt
Cloonty Pruglish
The Doons

LIMERICK

Knockhourough
Knockroe Crag
Lough Gur

LONGFORD

LOUTH

Cooley Mountains (Bouldering)
Slievenaglogh

MAYO

Benwee Head (East)
Benwee Head (West)
Danish Cellar
Doo Lough Crag
Erris Head
Inishkea Island
Inishturk Island
Killary Harbour
Maumtrasna
Mweelrea (Coum Dubh)
Porturlin (Belderrig Coast)
Roosky (Bouldering)
Slievemore (Achill Island)
Srahnalong Valley
Waterfall Cove (Achill Island)

MEATH

MONAGHAN

OFFALY

ROSCOMMON

SLIGO

Aughris Head
King's Mountain
Roskeeragh Point
Scalp Na gCapail
Slish Wood
Tormore Crag (***)

TIPPERARY

TYRONE

WATERFORD

Ardmore Head Ballinaclough Bunmahon
Comeragh Mountains:	Coumshingaun (***) Fauscoum Foill An Priosun Mahon Valley
Helvick Head

WESTMEATH

WEXFORD

Rocklands

WICKLOW

Avondale Quarry
Barnbawn (The Rock of Garryduff)
Bray Head
Carrick Mountain
Devil's Glen
Dunran (The Bishop)
Glendalough (***)
Glendalough (Bouldering)
Glendasan (Bouldering)
Glenmacnass (Bouldering)
Glenmalure
Green Lizard
Hollywood
Knocknagun (Bouldering)
Lough Bray (Bouldering)
Lough Dan
Lough Dan (Bouldering)
Lough Tay (Bouldering)
Lover's Leap
Luggala (***)
Mall Hill
Mall Hill (Bouldering)
Rocky Valley
Wicklow Head

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