Immerse Yourself in the Rugged Beauty of Ireland's West Coast | National Geographic

The Wild Atlantic Way, on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland, is like stepping into another world. Both rugged and bucolic, the Wild Atlantic Way boasts rocky coastlines, green hillsides, land and sea adventures, and enough local characters to make you want to return again and again.
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[@RenzoColameoIrlanda]

I'm Italian. I'm come in Ireland in 1999; and from that moment I feel in Love with this incredible, beautiful Island, culture and so on. Irish, are the BEST PEOPLE of the World. :-) God Bless Ireland, and the irish. Greetings, Love & Peace from Galway to EVERYONE: Renzo *

[@PaulGoodeK]

I tell people that as beautiful as Ireland is, one of the best reasons to go there is the people.

[@rafo_200]

Renzo Colameo Thank you

[@Lena-ph1ed]

Thank you (:

[@wildwildItaly]

My father is Irish ♥️♥️ been there 7 times I love it.

[@Kate-v9d]

@RenzoColameoIrlanda ❤❤😘😘

[@brandonzimmerman1667]

This will be my 3rd trip to Ireland this coming October. Every time, it gets harder and harder to leave. Ireland truly is amazing!!

[@dososs6716]

Speaking as an Irish person ,For anyone that will be visiting Ireland in the nearby future, i highly recommend you to do the tour of the Wild Atlantic Way. If you really want to see Ireland and its breath taking beauty , the west coast is definitely where it all takes place. Dublin is nice but like any country really there is so much more to Ireland than the capital . Cork and Galway are smaller cities but have just as much (or in my opinion ,even more!) charm and hospitality. Hope this helps :)

[@maxifrae]

Dos Oss thank you so much for your comment! i'm going to galway at the end of the year and i'm already so excited for it omg

[@colors6692]

That was the point of the video...

[@andreawheatley5528]

My Ancestors were from the coast of Ireland on the Atlantic coast, it is very beautiful

[@lovedove2661]

Im an American and the stories of Ireland and Scottland have always had a place in my heart for adventure and quest. I cannot wait to go to Ireland and feel the magic and rich history in its lands. Some day soon Ireland I will get to see you.

[@hyunjinki1995]

Love Dove it's Scotland ok

[@jimflynn7785]

Love Dove u would be more than welcome to eire anytime,there are so many hidden gems here that tourists never get to see,it is indeed a land of great beauty and mystery,we celts are very proud of our country.

[@jstylezPictures]

I love my country, I'm proud of my country & one day our whole country will be united & the people free

[@seanmccormack3735]

That probably won’t happen to be honest

[@V8trickshot]

Very wrong about that one Sean, protestant community’s in the north only get smaller every year. Within 100 years Ireland will be united by vote

[@muskrat477]

Not under the EU we won't.

[@SandStormXII]

yea

[@antaine4393]

We forget how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful. We all want to go and see the world and seem to forget that we're 'escaping' from one of the most overwhelming gorgeous places, untouched by pollution, war and people. I am so lucky to be growing up in Ireland. I'm only 16, but I love it here, Leitrim may not be the most beautiful place in Ireland, but it's home.

[@rubytuesday2913]

Anthony James spot on . Irelands amazing... couldn't be better anywhere else.

[@kateoloughlin8774]

antaine: well said Bravo to you. I live in Sligo and I love it. We have so much to give Thanks and appreciation. Kate 👱‍♀️💕

[@iloveponis]

Ireland untouched by war? Maybe for the past 15 years, beyond that it was constant warring for thousands of years.

[@BeltaineRose]

My home, heaven on Earth...For this I am truly grateful ..xx

[@epicchocolate1866]

BeltaineRose Ireland is a cold wet shit stained rock hardly heaven in earth

[@LEN-iy3ix]

hehehe 'Droog' ???

[@CMR_1317]

Simian Droog it might be wet sometimes and cold sometimes, but we just give the weather the finger and enjoy life as it is. im Irish and I wouldn't live in any warmer or drier climate. Fuck the rain and the cold east wind!! this is home and is way more than just a country with 'shite' weather.

[@BeltaineRose]

I totally agree Merlin ,just could not be arsed answering such negativity...

[@MuffinFoxs]

I feel like when I tell people that I want to move to Ireland they look at me like I'm crazy but idk there's just something so... unexplainably beautiful and enriching about Ireland and the history my distant ancestors share with it that just calls to my soul in a way that is too much to not follow the pull

[@shushup6557]

You'll be grand here with a name like MuffinFluf 😄fit right in.

[@MuffinFoxs]

@@shushup6557 haha thanks I think

[@blismwithmyblizblop]

Ireland is so beautiful!

[@DianeD862]

We just love Ireland 🌈 the people music radio every thing is wonderful about Ireland we love the Irish people . North and South .We were coming this year but couldn't the Virus 😷 it's our favourite place on earth 🌎🌈 we just love it. Thank you God Bless to everyone.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏

[@elenasukireland3122]

I can resonate with this..loved my 15 years in Ireland. It went by so quick. One day I will be back there to show my kids around like I showed thousands of others via my channel videos

[@OSTARAEB4]

My Gosh, what a beautiful country, language and beautiful features.

[@johnhuggins1394]

The west coast of Ireland,fishing,and going down the pub every night.Heaven.

[@Hanbl-ip1tn]

Been living in the countryside in Cork my whole life and only saw parts of the wild Atlantic way in West Cork this summer. This country is magnificent and I'm itching to explore more

[@Ahmadi0093]

Love Ireland... lovely people ❤ 💕

[@rohanabang6841]

watching it at 3am, i think this was one of my best 6 minutes of life. ❤️

[@redroverredrover679]

Proud resident of the Wild Atlantic Way! It's a way of life!

[@paulpayton8238]

I'm Irish -Italian gecent & I've lived in Ireland for 10 years & loved the Craic & the people & the music i still have holidays there ❤👍😀

[@victorsetting]

I was just there 2 months ago, best trip ever!

[@DelicateMoonMistress]

Proud Irish!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪💕

[@JohnOsCreations]

Hard to beat it. That's why I live in County Clare. Ever changing in all seasons.

[@rajabagja]

I watched this in 2021 from Indonesia 🇲🇨

[@samirbenlembarek2526]

Pure beauty

[@smrnvski]

A proud irish over here!

[@jarrodforren789]

I'm American but my heritage is Irish and I've always wanted to move to Ireland to get back to my roots.

[@bustabloodvessel5327]

Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@tanmaydthakur]

so beautiful!

[@Rock3tCrafter]

im proud that im irish

[@JamesAlexanderMcC]

I seriously love this

[@tamsynleighz4575]

My grandfathers ancestors originate from Ireland. He's always wanted to go back. I'm planning on moving there, so the Dingleys can live there once again

[@ronanwhite1605]

Our beautiful motherland.

[@cesarbatista5689]

wonderful.

[@scarlettvi4642]

I'm coming Ireland, someday I'll be there and never leave..

[@hyunjinki1995]

Scarlett M kinda inseparable?

[@user-vk8yq8oq7p]

Hope you like rain

[@christine6735]

I love it,I want to go in Ireland so badly👍👌

[@ChibiRyokoDemon]

Oh right! THIS is one of the reasons why I'm subscribed :)

[@uso_Jus2SmooTh94]

Looks really cool. Tbh I'd would go anywhere in the world... I like to see and experience new things.

[@thesilverfamily]

I love Ireland - I'd love to go back. Rain on me!

[@daniel_8181]

I am Italian (Tuscany) but my secret dream is living and working there. I might try to do that at the end of this year ....

[@Eclecticgirl17]

did you start living there yet

[@dailyvarietylifestyle]

beautiful country

[@guitardds]

Who was the female musician. Beautiful voice. Ireland does have great music!

[@sanctuary46]

Hi, her name is Jessie Kennedy, you can find out about her music here on www.jessiekennedy.com/about/

[@wildwildItaly]

Proud to be an O'Connor ♥️

[@karenbensinger2069]

you once say you would like to visit Japan well me it's Ireland love the vast beauty the history its like home love i feel so close so how to this land

[@Grumbo91]

live in Dublin, awesome to be so close to the WAW , still such a special trip whenever I go. Although even if I lived there don't think I would ture of the scenery

[@theadventureexpedition3619]

I really would like to go so I could immerse myself into my family heritage

[@ewerd7061]

same

[@CathalYTM]

Ros Comáin

[@jaydeb4317]

Lúcás Ó Daimhín tt

[@whiteribbonman1]

SOME BODY at NG has a REALLY wonderful eye for what to put into a touristy video. I thought of Ireland at first because of your national treasure that I know only as Enya. I know her real name but can not find any videos of her pronouncing it. Ireland, what I know of you is all wonderful. Hopefully you will always be. Peace, and respect, from California.

[@atlanticseakayaking6451]

jessie Kennedy Music

[@petergibson2318]

Even though Ireland is only 17 degrees south of the Arctic Circle the warm Atlantic winds keep it a bit warmer than the latitude would suggest.Every hurricane which hits Florida will,exhausted, spin across the Atlantic to hit Ireland.Ireland is still cold though....the beaches are freezing.

[@FergalFreeman]

Ireland, I miss you!

[@taymoorarsalan7789]

Being Irish truly does make one proud

[@Yourhighnessnona]

I wanna go there

[@oisin3495]

Go Ireland

[@leontrotsky911]

im from cork city and i swear to god the people in clare,galway and mayo are the nicest people i have ever met in my life.i love cork city but to be honest with ya i wanna move to either of those 3 countys.Kerry is beautiful when it comes to land but they were never welcoming towards me.

[@petergibson2318]

Cork City people think that that Macroom and Glanmire people are never welcoming.Cork City people think that Kinsale and Youghal people are never welcoming.A relic of Cork City's inward-looking siege mentality colonial past which Cork City people never left behind them....."Dis is da Real Capital ya boyo."

[@roberto4001000]

Cork people are very strange

[@Stankless]

I don't wanna be annoying. But this music is lovingly at the beginning. Does anyone know where it comes from by any chance?

[@Rakhee1980]

It's from the woman featured in the piece - Jessie Kennedy facebook.com/Jessie-Kennedy-Music-120520687972341/

[@MrRugbylane]

The Wild Altlantic Way is truly amazing. But hey, there is more to Ireland than the Atlantic coast. The North West, East, South and Midlands have lots to offer the visitor. Come and enjoy.

[@LunarMoon-gb6jh]

Proud to be Irish :)

[@donegaldronedude1144]

class video

[@EdwinJose84]

beautiful place! might go there some time. :)

[@Jacobsmith-tj9oj]

If Bernie is president then you will want to be there in about 20 years since our debt will start to come back to bite us in the ass

[@ChristineMAbrell]

true

[@helenaville5939]

Bernie is married to an Irish-American woman, Jane O'Meara.

[@pawsomepets6493]

If you consider coming here Id recommend bring warm clothes as the weather is mostly raining or freezing but i would recommend coming in the summer :)

[@giddygiddy85]

I suppose its ok to describe Ireland as having "its rugged beauty" but when someone describes themselves as that on tinder its no good.....trust me

[@jennaneaves1843]

giddygiddy85 lol!

[@falseseer]

I’m not Italian but I find this video quite the moustache twirler 🧑‍🦯

[@samanthasuchite4148]

My connection to tap into different cultures; places I want to go -- the internet.

[@toomanycolors2750]

wish I could move there

[@0ohyaa0]

Does anyone know what the song is that starts at 1:33? Is it Irish music? And what is that instrument called?

[@richarddelea4273]

Don't know the song but the instrument is an Irish fiddle

[@atlanticseakayaking6451]

www.jessiekennedy.com/about/

[@Nina-sg1rz]

Every tour guide every documentary about Ireland always shows Galway and Dublin the most u do know there is alot more to ireland then the farm lands and country side not every Irish person had an Irish accent in ireland we have estates maybe other countries might not but with estates its loads of houses together and a gate around them if u are visiting Ireland best place to stay is in trabogan its a fun and amazing place with loads of green area and activities to do I went there and I loved it maybe u will to

[@brettwatsonphoto]

Can anyone tell me the castle/ruins at the 5:16 point in this video?

[@chelseacharger]

That's 'Three Castle Head' at Dunlough, County Cork.

[@aoife7171]

Im a happy lil irish bean

[@derekdavidson1553]

We live on the Wild Atlantic Way, we walk it & we talk it, see Facebook Walk West Ireland for stunning pictures of our area & for details of our walking/touring packages.

[@jenniferthwreatt9429]

EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO BE 💜✝️

[@dedesmith613]

Why aren't they growing chestnut,or walnut or mahogany trees above the potatoes wood is a good income if it's all solid rock,build on top of it with more dirt.

[@MaleficHestia]

any big metro area in Ireland? or even Iceland?

[@TheMarmar0702]

Dublin...

[@anactualmango_]

Dublin, Belfast and Cork is pretty big

[@bigmoneyjackson2385]

To all the people who want to come here Be prepared for rain

[@SeazBreeze]

3:39 Melisandre

[@alan-he7mh]

I wake up and see the clifs of moher

[@liamofarrell7751]

You said you live in Ennis though

[@alan-he7mh]

+LIAMYL00T I used to

[@BoldOne8760]

West Clare?

[@epicchocolate1866]

To cloudy

[@Ntmoffi]

Too whiny.

[@epicchocolate1866]

+Nerfin Merfitt I was stating a fact I was not whining no need to be a twat

[@helenaville5939]

Your own country England is equally cloudy. I visited both Ireland and England and found Ireland to be much more beautiful and interesting.

[@epicchocolate1866]

Helenaville I know it is

[@CMR_1317]

Helenaville thanks Im Irisj

[@HPWNorge]

I rather want to go to a warm place

[@roberto4001000]

Off you go

[@gondavid9154]

hay day

[@ignatiusoneill4462]

Qqqqqqqqqqq

[@PaulGoodeK]

No place like it.

[@Fumwum]

I wanna be an extra in Vikings

[@paraic9163]

That's filmed on the east coast! 😅

[@paraic9163]

😅

[@davidvasey5065]

Fumwum My sisters boyfriend is an extra in Vikings! You probably don't believe me but I just thought I'd tell you.

[@Ro-bz8tf]

4th!

[@jamescorrigan1002]

kip

[@manus3203]

Wesht is besht

[@char5131]

first

[@audysetiawan8436]

😭

[@ranesh_patil]

second :)

[@bewide6991]

A selfie stick on s pint? You are a disgrace. You should be ashamed.

[@SylkaChan]

They actually have beautiful scenery, American scenery is just crap compared to that.

[@OakAthainNerin]

But there's 2 cars in the garahhge and Uncle Sams on mars.. oh I know it. I've been living here for 17 years, can't wait to move back!

[@watchtgsnt1422]

Ever been to Alaska?

[@OakAthainNerin]

Watch TGSNT I retract my last comment. I wrote it in a homesick stupor... I’ve been to Beauitful places in the US. Not Alaska though.

[@potatertots2060]

Nah there are some nice national parks

[@DJSaM2K10]

Have you ever been to Alaska, Hawaii, Washington State, Oregon, Colorado ? …

[@danalewis69]

Ok.o5‘

[@justinemalcontento7208]

I guess jacksepticeye got fed up with Ireland's boring beauty, and that's why he moved to Brighton, England. Just a thought for anyone who knows him :)

[@BoldOne8760]

One KZbinr is an accurate representation of an entire country?