Driving

Bleak stretch of the Wicklow Military Road across open blanket bog, meeting the R759 at the Sally Gap crossroads.

The R756 mountain crossing beside the Turlough Hill reservoir, a flowing alternative to the higher Sally Gap.

Serpentine R574 zig-zag over the spine of the Beara Peninsula, one of Ireland's most photographed switchback roads.

Ireland's highest surfaced mountain pass, a narrow single-track cliff-edge climb with corrie-lake views.

The N70 grand coastal loop of the Iveragh Peninsula, best driven anticlockwise to avoid the tour-coach flow.

Tight coastal loop around the tip of the Dingle Peninsula past beehive huts and Blasket Islands viewpoints.

Short but spectacular Connemara loop climbing above Clifden Bay to a panoramic Atlantic viewpoint.

Steep hairpin descent through a glacial valley in southwest Donegal.

Ireland's only FIA-grade permanent racing circuit, opened 1968, hosting national car and bike championships plus Euro RX.

Long-running quarter-mile tarmac oval near Cashel staging Hot Rod, stock car and banger racing through the summer.