Irish walking clubs offer a range of benefits to their members. If you are new to recreational walking in Ireland, a club can provide a good selection of organised walks led by its more experienced members. If you are already an experienced recreational walker, a club is likely to welcome you as an additional walk leader. Either way, walking with a club will bring you to places in Ireland you have never visited before and introduce you to new people.
We have created an alphabetical list of almost 100 Irish walking clubs and plotted them on two handy interactive maps below. These maps illustrate each club's membership catchment area (up to 3 adjoining counties) and where they actually walk (up to 7 walking areas). If you are thinking about joining a walking club in Ireland, this will help you to find a local club who regularly walks in the places where you want to walk.
Each club listed on this page also has its own dedicated profile page. This provides a useful overview to help potential new members get a better idea of the club's membership catchment area, regular walking locations, and the type of walking they do. Club profile pages are linked to from the alphabetical list and maps below. They are also linked to from other related pages throughout the website. Clubs who enter into a 2-way link exchange with us will also have a single-click direct link to their website placed prominently on their profile page.
Being part of a walking club is a great way for like-minded individuals to walk and chat together. As well as the obvious social opportunities, it is safer to walk as part of a group. For these reasons, we promote group walking early in the year as our monthly theme for February.
#FebruaryGroupWalk
We have created an alphabetical list of almost 100 Irish walking clubs and plotted them on two handy interactive maps below. These maps illustrate each club's membership catchment area (up to 3 adjoining counties) and where they actually walk (up to 7 walking areas). If you are thinking about joining a walking club in Ireland, this will help you to find a local club who regularly walks in the places where you want to walk.
Each club listed on this page also has its own dedicated profile page. This provides a useful overview to help potential new members get a better idea of the club's membership catchment area, regular walking locations, and the type of walking they do. Club profile pages are linked to from the alphabetical list and maps below. They are also linked to from other related pages throughout the website. Clubs who enter into a 2-way link exchange with us will also have a single-click direct link to their website placed prominently on their profile page.
Being part of a walking club is a great way for like-minded individuals to walk and chat together. As well as the obvious social opportunities, it is safer to walk as part of a group. For these reasons, we promote group walking early in the year as our monthly theme for February.
#FebruaryGroupWalk
Membership catchment areas
Each outlined green polygon on the map below represents a county in Ireland which is part of at least one listed walking club's membership catchment area. Click on an outlined county for its list of club profile links.
Walking areas
Each outlined red polygon (upland area) and blue polygon (coastal area) on the map represents a part of Ireland which is regularly visited by at least one listed walking club. Click on an outlined walking area for its list of club profile links.
Please note that all upland areas and coastal areas represented on The Ireland Walking Guide website have been illustrated based purely on their geographical characteristics. It should not be assumed that access is permitted to any of these areas. Where local access restrictions exist (e.g. those indicated by "Private Property" signs, "No Trespassing" signs, etc), you are strongly advised to comply with the relevant landowner's wishes.
Choose a county
Click on any of the counties listed below for its selection of local walking clubs. The number of clubs whose membership catchment includes that county is indicated by the number shown in brackets.
Alphabetical list
The table below shows an alphabetical list of almost 100 walking clubs in Ireland. Each club's membership catchment area is also provided. To find out more about a specific club, simply click its name on the table to access its profile page.
