Bring a notebook, walk slowly, and look down at your feet! Here are great places around the island for spotting wildflowers.
County Clare
A magical limestone landscape on the west coast — over 70% of Ireland's native flowers grow here, including 24 of 28 native orchids. Arctic, alpine and Mediterranean plants live side by side!
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County Kerry
Ancient oak woods, rushing streams and big lakes. In April and May the woodland floor is carpeted with bluebells, wild garlic and wood anemones — pure magic!
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County Galway
Wild Atlantic mountains, blanket bogs and twinkling lakes. Look for purple heather and yellow bog asphodel in summer, and Atlantic-fringe plants like sundews and butterworts.
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County Donegal
Mountains, glens and one of Ireland's largest red deer herds. Heather paints the slopes purple in late summer, while bog cotton dances over the wet ground.
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County Wicklow
Ireland's largest national park, just south of Dublin. Heather-clad mountains, deep valleys with foxgloves and bog-loving sundews and butterworts.
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County Mayo
A vast wild bog and mountain wilderness on the west coast. One of Europe's largest blanket bogs — perfect for finding sundews, butterworts and bog cotton.
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Dublin
One of Europe's biggest city parks. Lawns full of daisies and dandelions, hedgerows of hawthorn and blackthorn, and old trees clothed in ivy. A great first place to learn flowers.
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County Clare
Towering Atlantic sea cliffs covered in pink thrift cushions and white sea campion in May and June. The wild salty wind shapes everything that grows here.
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Dublin
A rocky peninsula at the edge of Dublin city. Heather and gorse on the cliff tops, bluebells in the woods in spring, and great views of the sea below.
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