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The Loop Head Peninsula Drive - Self Drive



The Loop Head Peninsula Drive
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Loop Head is one of the most remote and wonderful places in Ireland. Not many miles from some of the top resorts, it remains a place to itself, protecting the waters of the Shannon estuary from the open ocean. A whitewashed lighthouse stands in an enclosure at the tip of the head, but there are no shops, no signposts, nothing but birds and wild flowers and cliffs and the Atlantic surf. Shops, signs and an infinite variety of leisure activities abound on the route. We start our route in Ennis but, as it is a circular route, you can begin it anywhere Loop Head itself remains the highlight of the journey.