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Co. Cork · About 4 hours from DublinCape Clear and BaltimoreAn Irish-speaking island with no visitors' cars, wild flowers, seabirds and the Fastnet on the horizon. Cape Clear is West Cork at its most magical.
Co. Donegal · About 4 hours from DublinArranmore Island and the RossesFifteen minutes from the mainland, cliffs, a lighthouse, sandy coves and music in the pubs. Arranmore is the Donegal island most people have never heard of.
Co. Antrim · About 3 hours from DublinRathlin Island and BallycastleNo visitors' cars, one pub, tens of thousands of seabirds and views to Scotland. Rathlin is the Causeway Coast's best-kept secret.
Co. Clare · About 2 hours from DublinKillaloe and Lough DergIreland's great Shannon lake: a medieval bridge between two counties, a monastic island, kayak trails and lakeside pubs. A properly restful weekend.
Co. Kerry · About 5 hours from DublinValentia Island and PortmageeFossil footprints older than the dinosaurs, slate quarries, subtropical gardens and the Skelligs on the horizon. Valentia is the Kerry most people drive straight past.
Co. Tyrone · About 2 hours from DublinOmagh and the SperrinsEmpty mountains, Bronze Age stone circles, a brilliant emigration museum and some of the darkest skies in Ireland. Tyrone is the place to switch off and look up.
Co. Derry · About 3 hours from DublinDerry cityThe only complete city walls in Ireland, murals that tell a powerful story, a riverside full of new life and the best Halloween in Europe. Derry is a weekend you won't forget.
Co. Monaghan · About 1 hour 30 minutes from DublinGlaslough and Monaghan townA castle estate with an eccentric past, a poet's landscape, quiet lakes and forest parks. Monaghan is the gentle, unhurried weekend you didn't know you needed.
Co. Cavan · About 1 hour 30 minutes from DublinCavan town and the lakesLakes in every direction, an island castle, the source of the Shannon and a limestone landscape on the border, plus some of the best food in the north-west.
Co. Roscommon · About 2 hours from DublinBoyle and Lough KeyA forest park on a lake of islands, a royal site where Samhain began, a coal mine you can go down and one of Ireland's great abbeys. Roscommon is full of surprises.
Co. Offaly · About 1 hour 45 minutes from DublinBirr and ClonmacnoiseA giant Victorian telescope, a monastic city on the Shannon, whiskey in Tullamore and a sculpture park on a bog. Offaly is the heart of Ireland, literally.