Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 7, 2024

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281 m

Kate Kearney's Cottage

Highlight • Pub

Nice pub, you can also sit outside. Good food and drink and with music in the evenings (we were there on Fridays).

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1.59 km

Wishing Bridge, Gap of Dunloe

Highlight • Bridge

There are several benches over looking the Black Lake, great for a picnic or for a quick break. The benches are located behind an opened gate with a welcoming sign allowing visitors to enter.

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1.69 km

Black Lake (Gap of Dunloe)

Highlight • Lake

A glacier situated in the Black Valley, which was estimated to be over 500 meters deep and part of the Templenoe Icecap, broke off into the "Head of the Gap", …

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4.06 km

Auger Lake

Highlight • Lake

Brilliant photo opportunity in the Gap of Dunloe. On the hill above Auger Lake, look back and enjoy the view across the lake towards Kate Kearney's Cottage.

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4.94 km

Black Lough and Stone Bridge

Highlight • Lake

Absolute dream landscape here in the upper part of the valley!

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6.36 km

Summit of the Gap of Dunloe

Highlight • Summit

Gap of Dunloe is a narrow mountain pass between the MacGillycuddy Reeks and Purple Mountain, amazing 11 kilometres of it! The spectacularly winding road here descends into The Black Valley …

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12.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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12.7 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

< 100 m

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The Gap of Dunloe

Kate Kearney's Cottage

Wishing Bridge, Gap of Dunloe

Black Lake (Gap of Dunloe)

Auger Lake

Black Lough and Stone Bridge

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