Best places: National forests in Galway, Ireland

Public parkland with walking paths & archaeological features, plus wildlife, plants & mushrooms.

👍👍 Curragh Chase Forest Park in Limerick is an amazing place with lots of greenery. Upon entry, you do have to pay €5. It has a green field where you can have a picnic or barbeque with your friends and family. There's also a children's playground. It has long walkways and a nice bridge. It also has...

👍👍 Great place to take a stroll in the woods. Good pathways. Pram and wheelchair friendly. The pathway along the river is very scenic. There is a small kiosk where you can buy drinks and snacks. Lots of picnic areas. Go early as there is not a whole lot of parking available. Definitely worth a visit.

👍👍 Lovely forest walk with some amazing trees and surroundings accompanied by the lake. The walk has 3 routes, a red medium walk (~2.5km), a small 500m yellow walk off of the red walk and a blue walk (~3km). We combined all of them and it took us just over 2 hours with a few stops for photos on that. I...

👍👍 Excellent spot for a family walk and the dog loves it too.

👍👍 Amazing view of lough corrib with a tiny stone beach

👍👍 Curraghchase Forest Park is a fantastic amenity for all the family to enjoy. The Park covers 313 hectares of mixed woodlands, park land and lakes which together provide a rich habitat for a diverse range of animals and plants. There are a number of looped way marked trails in the park to suit all v...

👍👍 My very favorite area in Ireland. The history behind Moore Hall is fascinating and the walk is beautiful. It's amazing to see the hall up close and the size of the building, along with the coach quarters, outhouses, and tunnel. Absolutely recommend a stop and a walk to visit.

👍👍 Took the walk to the Sweat House, well signposted and gravelled trail. Good sized carpark.

👍👍 A lovely forest walk just outside Tubbercurry. We’ll worth a visit if you want a nice walk. 3-5 km

👍👍 This hike was absolutely my favorite part of our entire 2 week trip. It was so incredibly beautiful and peaceful. The beauty on the way up and the beauty at the top were unrivaled anywhere else. I can't wait to go back. If you're in the area, we highly recommend it.

👍 Nice little forest walk. Bit of a hill in a couple of places. There is plenty of seating areas all around the trail with some offering good views. The monument you can see along the trail is 25 metres tall and was erected in 1809 by Dodwell Brown in memory of his wife Marie Brown O'Donel who died at...

👍👍 Beautiful and healthy looking forest. There's a carpark nearby school within 3 min walk from the forest entrance. Enjoyed the peaceful 4km loop walk and variety of plants. The place is opened for public, so not sure why the misleading information on google maps.

👍 This is a beautiful forest walk. You can vary the start position and route so you need walk very little on the road. Roads are typical Coillte roads apart from the fact they used the largest size gravel aggregate available in a few places repairs have been done. It's dangerous underfoot and could le...