Lee Valley day trip in Hidden Ireland. Let us take you to a lesser known area of Co. Cork. Visit castles, a corn mill, a holy well, a stone circle, forests and ruined abbey. Centered around Macroom, and the Lee Valley. Climb Musheramore (644 m) and be a pilgrim in Gougane Barra. Experience The Gaeltacht in Cúil Aodha (Coolea) and Baile Bhuirne (Ballyvourney).

Lee Valley day trip in Hidden Ireland. 

Let us take you to the Lee Valley, a lesser known area of Co. Cork. Visit castles, a corn mill, a holy well, a stone circle, forests and a ruined abbey. Centered around the markettown of Macroom and across the Lee Valley. 

Be active and experience

Climb Musheramore Mountain (644 m) and make a pilgrimage to St. John’s Well to cure your warts. Enjoy the surrounding of in Gougane Barra and the Keimaneigh pass. Experience the Gaeltacht in Cúil Aodha (Coolea) and Baile Bhuirne (Ballyvourney). Make a hike in Farran Wood or the wildlife sanctuary of Gearach. This hidden part of Ireland will surprise you. Visiting all sites may take you more then a single day.

  1. Macroom Castle
  2. Briery Gap Cultural Cente
  3. Bealick Mill
  4. Carrigastryra Famine Graveyard
  5. Carriganima
  6. St John’s Well
  7. Musheramore (644 m)
  8. Carrigagulla Stone Circle
  9. Carrigadrohid Castle
  10. Coachford Greenway
  11. Farran Wood
  12. Kilcrea Abbey
  1. Independence Museum
  2. Béal na mBláth
  3. Kilmichael
  4. Inchigeela Lakes
  5. Béal Átha’n Ghaorthaidh
  6. Pass of Keimaneigh
  7. Gougane Barra
  8. Cúil Aodha – Coolea
  9. Baile Mhúirne – Ballyvourney
  10. Cill na Martha
  11. Macroom Buffalo Farm
  12. Gearagh

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