Kinsale Harbour – Garylucas Beach loop from Kinsale

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Ireland

Munster

Cork

Kinsale Harbour – Garylucas Beach loop from Kinsale

Hard

4.4

(5)

riders

Kinsale Harbour – Garylucas Beach loop from Kinsale

04:33

73.7km

700m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 19 m for 77 m

Customers only

After 885 m for 127 m

Customers only

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

516 m

Busts of the Kinsale Town Councillors

Highlight • Monument

The Tim & Mortimer McCarthy Memorial in Kinsale commemorates two local sailors who took part in Ernest Shackleton's heroic but tragic Endurance Expedition (1914–1917).

Translated by Google •

Tip by

948 m

Kinsale Harbour

Highlight • Structure

The Harbour of Kinsale forms the historical and visual heart of the town: a sheltered, natural inlet where fishing boats, merchant ships, and naval vessels have docked for centuries. Its …

Showing Translation

Tip by

12.3 km

View of the Old Head of Kinsale

Highlight • Viewpoint

This long headland was for centuries home to countless castles belonging to the mighty Courcy family. On its point stands a lighthouse rising 70 meters above the waves. Not far …

Showing Translation

Tip by

15.2 km

Garylucas Beach

Highlight • Beach

A wide, light sandy beach on the north side of the Old Head, with low dunes, an open horizon and a constant Atlantic wind. The Blue Flag status and the …

Showing Translation

Tip by

18.2 km

Ruins

25.2 km

Garranefeen Strand

Beach

27.5 km

Flaxfort Strand

Beach

34.3 km

Timoleague Franciscan Friary

Highlight • Religious Site

Monumental ruin of a 14th-century Franciscan friary on an older site of St. Molaga, at the mouth of the Argideen River. The Gothic windows, cloister garth and tower form an …

Showing Translation

Tip by

35.2 km

Kilnamanagh Wood

Forest

36.8 km

Mahon Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Mahon Abbey and castle was built by Geoffrey (Siofra) Hodnett in 1641. It has lovely views over open waterway between Timoleague and Courtmacsherry.

Tip by

50.0 km

Timoleague Abbey Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Monumental ruin of a 14th-century Franciscan friary on an older site of St. Molaga, at the mouth of the Argideen River. The Gothic windows, cloister garth and tower form an …

Showing Translation

Tip by

58.1 km

Bird Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Estuary edge — A quiet edge zone of the Kilbrittain estuary with mudflats, salt marsh and a wide view over Courtmacsherry Bay. Due to the tides and the sheltered location, …

Showing Translation

Tip by

73.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

72.4 km

1.04 km

299 m

< 100 m

Surfaces