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Your favourite places/campsites in Ireland

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  • #52
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    the camp site in belcoo is nice and quiet


  • #53
    roadster5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭roadster5


    Evening all,

    Anyone got a recommendation for a good campsite in Donegal (for a family in a tent - have'nt bought a motorhome yet )

    Thanks

    Roadster


  • #54
    MABLACK
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭MABLACK


    Caseys in Downing is nice with access to lovely beach also close to hotel, pub, restaurant and shop. You take turn for Milford at 2nd roundabout approaching Letterkenny and continue to Milford and on to Downings its about 25 miles from Letterkenny.
    There is a nice site called Lakeside C&C Centre off the main road (bypass) between Ballyshannon and Bundoran its signposted, as name suggests it is beside lake with boats and pub restaurant on site also nice walks, and only a couple miles from Bundoran with beach, waterworld, hotels pubs shops restaurants and amusements or a few miles from ballyshannon is Rosnowlagh, a much quieter village but with beautiful beach.


  • #55
    coldsurfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭coldsurfer


    Like all spots good weather helps but Keel in Achill is a lovely spot to park the camper for a few days. surf the beach, climb the mountains, windsurf the lake or just relax in any one of the locals... just inspired myself to head again!


  • #56
    sound_wave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭sound_wave


    coldsurfer wrote: »
    Like all spots good weather helps but Keel in Achill is a lovely spot to park the camper for a few days. surf the beach, climb the mountains, windsurf the lake or just relax in any one of the locals... just inspired myself to head again!

    +1, a truly amazing part of Ireland. I go there every year, never tire of the place.

    Can anyone recommend some wild camping in Wexford?


  • #57
    dowtchaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭dowtchaboy


    sound_wave wrote: »

    Can anyone recommend some wild camping in Wexford?

    There's a thread here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055311498
    about wild camping that mentions Baginbun Head. I am between 2 minds about that - it used to be my childhood favourite beach(es) and we used to get annoyed if ANYONE else trespassed on "our" beach........:)


  • #58
    dowtchaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭dowtchaboy


    Interesting site here with camping sites:
    http://www.reisverhaleneuropa.nl/campings/campingsierland/CampingsIerland_uk.htm

    and wild camping:

    http://www.reisverhaleneuropa.nl/camper/ierland/plaatsen.htm

    It's almost all in Dutch (there is an "English" flag/button now and then) and there's not a huge amount of information, but worth a gander nonetheless.


  • #59
    estreet girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭estreet girl


    I love the Burren area in Clare.There is a large camp/caravan site on the beach with a little river/stream running through it.No fancy facilities though,just shower rooms and washing machines.
    Great for kids(nowhere to spend money unless you go to Doolin or Lahinch)and if you have a dog he will love it.
    Just down the road fom O'Donohoes pub in Fanore on the coast between Lisdoonvarna and Ballyvaughan.


  • #60
    RuthieRose
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭RuthieRose


    There are so many.
    Gurteen Bay - Its just fantastic. About 3 miles west of Roundstone Village in Conamara (40mins from galway). It has the most amazing beach. If its sunny you can keep the med. Been there about 4 times this summer. The water is the clearest I've ever seen in the country and is great for swimming and snorkeling. Lifeguard is there during the summer. The bay is a big hit for windsurfers, kite surfers and sailing no matter what the weather. You can sit and watch these guys and girls for hours. Its hard to get a front site but it has some sheltered spots. Showers are like standing under a power hose and there is always loo roll in the toilets.

    Rosses Point - again very clean and a great beach for swimming, windsurfing and kite surfing. Sligo seems to have a massive boy racer community who like to drive about late with their muffelers but the Guards are usually close behind them. The other draw back it the wild campers parking on the road right in between you and your sea view and under the no overnight parking signs! It can be annoying. But again the garda do their best to stop them.


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  • #61
    sound_wave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭sound_wave


    Hi all, just as a follow up headed down to Baginbun Head and had a cracking time down there, nearly blown out of it on the Saturday night but nothing we couldn't handle. Something about bedding down for the night to the sound of the wind.

    Anyway, thinking of headed out again, does anyone know of any good wild camping spots around Lough Derg, Lough Derg on the Shanon that is not the one in Donegal. Thanks


  • #62
    Baby75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭Baby75


    Great Thread, I am hoping to get out and do come camping with the kids this summer FX the weather stay good or just not rain every day.

    Im keen on them learning about wild camping and learning to clean up etc we do a fair bit of hill walking and forest walking with them

    I was wondering has any one ever wild camped around Raven wood and curracloe beach in wexford or does it be full of wild teens at the weekend

    I have been looking at camp sites as well some are quite expensive and we are on a strict budget!

    any one ever camped there or know of other good spots we will have a tent and 4 kids!


  • #63
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Went camping here with children a couple of weekends ago and found it a very nice place. Owners and staff were friendly. A small shop and also a small (seasonal) chipper as you enter and another just outside the site. There's also a bus service to the local pub.

    A good mixture of tents, caravans and motorhomes. Some of the caravans seemed to be there for more than a week (seasonal?). Electricity and water available at all pitches. Very family friendly with many of the people staying regular visitors. Showers are token operated (€1) but close at 9pm. Lots of rules and regulations to keep people in order, but relaxed atmosphere and as long as kids/teenagers weren't a nuisance then there wasn't a problem. Situated the other side of the dunes from a fabulous beech and you could hear the sea breaking from your bed/bunk. Price is reasonable.

    The only negative was the condition of the toilets which could do with a refurb. But for a safe and child friendly location, we'll return.


  • #64
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    siobhan.murphy wrote: »
    has anyone been here?would you reccomend it?

    I was there in 1980 (really!!). I hear it is still a great place.. walking distance to the sea and has it's own club. Glengarrif a short drive or long walk.


  • #65
    whatcards
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭whatcards


    Hi just wondering if anybody knows any good wild camping sites around cavan, we moved there two years ago so dont know any good spots, we any the tents the stoves and the rods to catch the fish just need a spot.

    Any help would be great.


  • #66
    John Dough
    Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭John Dough


    Daisydays wrote: »
    Don't try wild camping in Kilmore Quay - heard they had major hassle there this weekend :-(

    Wild camped there 2 weeks ago and no p-roblems 2 others m/hs there also hate paying greedy campsite owners stayed in 2 in wales this year only £11 for full facilities here nearly all are €20 plus and are robbing the tourists.
    Now someone is going to say it cost a lot to set them up but most are well paid for over the years and maintenance is minimal so bring down your prices owners and you will get more business.


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  • #67
    spaceHopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    John Dough wrote: »
    Wild camped there 2 weeks ago and no p-roblems 2 others m/hs there also hate paying greedy campsite owners stayed in 2 in wales this year only £11 for full facilities here nearly all are €20 plus and are robbing the tourists.
    Now someone is going to say it cost a lot to set them up but most are well paid for over the years and maintenance is minimal so bring down your prices owners and you will get more business.
    If there lowerd thier prices and were more AIRES here then you would get many more contental visitors here who would spend 2/3 days wild camping or on AIRES then go to a camp site to clean up and stock up.

    In the end they'd get more buisness not less


  • #68
    pommers
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭pommers


    Just back from a few day's away in the moterhome,we had the 2 kids 2 and 4 years with us, we went to Killarney first stayed in Flesk camping site very clean, no playground for the kids but it was next to the Glenn Eagle hotel so we used the pool at a discount from the park.Took a taxi into Killarney which was 7euro but we went on the horse cart around the lakes and got dropped back at the park 35e:eek:but was worth it:DWe went to Tralee after there stayed in the woodlands park highly recomend it, 15min walk into Tralee cinema next door and the aqua dome,then went down to Skibbereen the hideaway camping park lovely park but very much a click there,stayed 1 night.We then went down to Kinsale to Garrettstown house holiday park and stayed 2 nights, they have the playground,kidsclubs,kids disco,cinema night,fancy dress really great for the kids plus its only a 15min walk down to Garrettstown beach highly recommend this place this was our second time back there:D Great time had by all looking forward to the next trip;)


  • #69
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Spent two nights in Valentia Island last weekend, parked up opposite the Pier Hotel in Knightstown, no difficulty whatsoever, some lovely pubs and a very friendly place, ferry to Cahersiveen costs 8€ for a camper but I took the road via Portmagee


  • #70
    jullian
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭jullian


    My all time favourite would have to be Acton's Beachside Caravan and Camping Eco Park located just outside Clifden Connemara.We stayed there in April with the kids for a week when the weather was great then.
    The owners operate the site on the principles of sustainable tourism and they do a great job. No overcrowding on this ecological site, everyone has their own private plot with direct access to a beautiful private sandy beach, just meters away. Lots to do on site fishing, swimming & a great walks to Omey Island, really great.Going back again for more when the weather picks up.Looking forward to that camp fire.
    www.actonsbeachsidecamping.com


  • #71
    Baby75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭Baby75


    jullian wrote: »
    My all time favourite would have to be Acton's Beachside Caravan and Camping Eco Park located just outside Clifden Connemara.We stayed there in April with the kids for a week when the weather was great then.
    The owners operate the site on the principles of sustainable tourism and they do a great job. No overcrowding on this ecological site, everyone has their own private plot with direct access to a beautiful private sandy beach, just meters away. Lots to do on site fishing, swimming & a great walks to Omey Island, really great.Going back again for more when the weather picks up.Looking forward to that camp fire.
    www.actonsbeachsidecamping.com

    Thanks for the link, Im checking it out right now, hate over crowded campsites, we stayed in River valley in wicklow, we did not enjoy it compared to other camping trips! will never be back again!


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  • #72
    Baby75
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    One place we all loved was Chlerie Haven http://www.yurt-holidays-ireland.com/ based on Cape clear Island in Cork. you could bring your own Tent or book a tipi or yurt, we stayed in one of the yurts and it had every thing you need, Sally and Dave were very welcoming and helpful.
    There is loads of lovely walks around the island, down at the pier were you get off the ferry is were you find all the kids playing in the water. suppervalue on the mainland will deliver out to you saving you hauling your food for the few days over with you.
    Dogs are allowed.

    if you are in to loads of walking and sight seeing then its worth a visit.


  • #73
    dharma200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭dharma200


    Just home from a stay here http://www.kittyscamping.com/ .. have to say it is the nicest campsite our family have stayed in.... owners really nice women, very relaxed.. kids loved it, horses chickens and beautiful weather which helps.... we have stayed in alot of campsites around ireland tenting and in a van.. there is no hookups here but regardless of that the location and service made up for it.... really enjoyed the stay here and would recommend it to anyone, especially families looking for a cheap getaway, Im coming back here in three weks to have my daughters birthday party and stay with some family.. cant wait x


  • #74
    Baby75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭Baby75


    dharma200 wrote: »
    Just home from a stay here http://www.kittyscamping.com/ .. have to say it is the nicest campsite our family have stayed in.... owners really nice women, very relaxed.. kids loved it, horses chickens and beautiful weather which helps.... we have stayed in alot of campsites around ireland tenting and in a van.. there is no hookups here but regardless of that the location and service made up for it.... really enjoyed the stay here and would recommend it to anyone, especially families looking for a cheap getaway, Im coming back here in three weks to have my daughters birthday party and stay with some family.. cant wait x


    Thanks for sharing, looks really good will add that to the list of campsites to vist


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