Kilkee Cliff Walk
The Walk
"Mind Bending Landscapes" There are infinite superlatives that could be used to describe the Kilkee Cliff Walk.
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Places to Eat
The Diamond Rocks Cafe is located at the start of the Cliff Walk. There is ample parking adjacent to the Cafe and its a great place to begin the walk.
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Places to Stay
Kilkee and West Clare has plenty of accommodation options to suit all budgets.
Learn MoreBird Watching
In winter the beach and bay are the main attractions with lots of wading species like Dunlin Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit and Oystercatcher. Roosting flocks of Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls can have European visitors like Mediterranean Gull mixed with Common and Black-headed Gulls.
Late October through to March of most years normally sees a small influx of northern gulls to the area with Glaucous and Iceland Gulls regular. Small flocks of Purple Sandpipers frequent the rocky outcrops on the Atlantic side of the bay. Moore Bay itself can hold Great Northern Divers and auks like Razorbill and Black Guillemot.
Scarce or rare birds seen in the locality include: Eider, Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Sabine’s, Ring-billed and Yellow-legged Gulls, all four skuas, Little Auk, Waxwing, Golden Oriole, Turtle Dove, Black Redstart, Blackcap, Twite, Lapland and Snow Bunting.
Credit: Clare Bird Watching
Wild Atlantic Way
The Wild Atlantic Way is Ireland's first long-distance touring route, stretching along the Atlantic coast from Donegal to West Cork. It is the longest designated coastal route in the world and has brought visitors from all corners of the world in recent years.
The Kilkee Cliffs are located on The Wild Atlantic Way's Cliff Coast segment of the drive. This is where the wildness of the Atlantic is most apparent, where the impact of the most ferocious ocean in the world is most evident, evidenced from the sheer drops from land to sea. Along the Kilkee Cliff Walk, you can experience this close up and hear and feel the ocean like nowhere else.
The Kilkee Cliffs are located on The Wild Atlantic Way's Cliff Coast segment of the drive. This is where the wildness of the Atlantic is most apparent, where the impact of the most ferocious ocean in the world is most evident, evidenced from the sheer drops from land to sea. Along the Kilkee Cliff Walk, you can experience this close up and hear and feel the ocean like nowhere else.
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- Dunlicky Road, Kilkee, Clare, Ireland
