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Trail · County Clare

Carran Loop

9.3 km4 hrChallengingLoop100 m climbNo dogs

Route shape, north at the top · starts and finishes at the dot · Sport Ireland

This loop follows minor roads, animal tracks and grassy lanes, taking in the Clab Valley, St Fachtnan's Holy Well and part of Termon Hill as it traverses fields of stone slab and passes a €˜turlough' (an area which floods in winter but disappears in summer).

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Outdoors in County Clare this week

Best day outdoors: Sat, 10 Oct — dry by day, breezy, up to 13°C

Fri, 9 Oct14° / 11°DrizzleGood day outdoors
Sat, 10 Oct13° / 8°Sun with grey cloudGreat day outdoors
Sun, 11 Oct15° / 14°DrizzleGood day outdoors

Make a day of it

The nearest trails, beaches, woods and heritage within 25 km.

Trails & walks

Trail · 100 m awayCarran Turlough Loop5 km1 hr 15 minEasyLoopThis walk follows minor roads around Europe's largest seasonal lake (turlough). Views are of the lake (when there) and of the surrounding mountainous farmland

Trail · 100 m awayTemplecronan Loop4.5 km1 hr 30 minEasyLoop

Trail · 5.1 km awayLough Avalla Farm loop5.2 km2 hr 30 minModerateLoopThis loop is waymarked with standing stone slabs and passes through an old celtic farm, touching on the shores of Lough Avalla. On sandy roadways, farm tracks, laneways and open Burren ground it includes an ascent to a…

Beaches & bathing waters

Beach · 11 km awayCeathrú an EaspaigBishopsquarterWater quality: Excellent (2025)Lifeguards in seasonToiletsParkingBishopsquarter is located in the Ballyvaughan Bay. There are a variety of habitats including rocky shores, muddy shores, a lagoon, low islands, sand dunes and a turlough. These habitats support a variety of plant and…

Beach · Co. Galway · 16 km awayTraught, KinvaraWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsTraught beach is a long, sandy, gently sloping beach consisting of a lower sand/mud shore with shingle on the upper shore. There is a wide variety of animals, plants, shellfish and birds supported at Traught beach…

Forests & woodlands

Forest · 9.0 km awayCoill na nGrágánGragan's Wood1 trailParking

Parks, gardens & islands

Nature spot · 2.1 km awayThe Burren PerfumeryGardenCarranDiscover the enchanting Burren Perfumery in Carran, County Clare. Ireland’s first perfumery was established over 50 years ago, amidst one of the world’s most extraordinary floral landscapes.

Nature spot · 14 km awayNa LeacachaFlaggy ShoreBeachNewquayFeast your eyes on the limestone pavements, historical fossils and views of Aughinish Island and the wider Atlantic from the peacefully secluded beach of Flaggy Shore.

Heritage sites

Heritage site · 10 km awayMainistir Chorca MruaCorcomroe AbbeyReligious houseAbbey WestCorcomroe Abbey is beautifully situated on the edge of the rocky hills of the Burren. It was founded for Cistercian monks around 1195 as a daughter house of the Abbey at Inisloughnaght, Co. Tipperary. The church was…

Heritage site · 22 km awayEnnis FriaryReligious houseClonroad BegThis 13th century Franciscan friary, founded by the O'Briens, of Thomond who once ruled much of north Munster, has numerous 15th/16th century sculptures carved in the local hard limestone. A carved image of St. Francis…