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Province Munster
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| Counties: Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford |
| Attractions: Adare Aillwee Cave Ballylongford Beara Peninsula Blarney Castle Cahir Castle Cahirciveen Cliffs of Moher Dingle Peninsula Drombeg Stone Circle Kenmare Kinsale Knockeen Dolmen Leprechauns Crossing Mitchelstown Cave Poulnabrone Dolmen Rock of Cashel Skellig Islands The Burren |
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| Surface: 24,176 km2 Population: 1,101,266 |
Province Munster in the south and Connacht in the west are the poorer, agrarian provinces. These provinces suffered under the Great Famine and the emigration which followed. While travelling in these provinces you will see many abandoned and ruined houses. These historically severe punished and thinly populated provinces however benefit most from the booming tourist industry.
The city-minded visitor will enjoy himself in the town of Cork, the third largest city of Ireland, or in the smaller town of Limerick, the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and thus the fourth largest of Ireland (make sense?).
The province Munster has some major tourist magnets within its borders. Sites like Cahir Castle and the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Blarney Castle in County Cork and the mysterious landscape of The Burren in County Clare are simply must-see attractions, which can not be substituted. The Ring of Kerry, which can be a traffic-jam in high season, can easily be replaced with the less known Beara Way.
The coastal regions of County Clare and County Kerry can not be compared with anything else and are the place to go if you need to calm the storms in your head.
Due to its location, near the warm Gulf Stream and straight in the western sea winds, the province of Munster is the warmest province. They have to a price however: clouds drain in order to overcome the high hills in the east of the province. So it is also a rainy province. Look at the bright side: Munster is always green!
If you want warm and dry weather you have to go to County Waterford on the east coast.