The Wild Atlantic Way Route is a long distance touring route along the West Coast of Ireland, stretching from Donegal to Cork. This dataset is a set of locations along the Wild Atlantic Way that are points of interest which a tourist or member of the public maybe interested in stopping at. These are a subset of the Discovery points dataset, they represent 15 of discovery points dataset that have been designated as “Signature Points”. These places are especially unique and shape the image of Ireland’s remarkable west coast.

This dataset shows the locations of towns identified in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Historic Towns Atlas. The Historic Towns Atlas displays towns of over 3000 inhabitants and urban district towns along with information about their origin. The Atlas was used to identify the settlements and the locations were digitised based on coordinates for the settlements. The dataset shows towns within 2 km of the coast.

The Wild Atlantic Way Route is a long distance touring route along the West Coast of Ireland, stretching from Donegal to Cork. This route was created by the Irish tourist board - Failte Ireland to promote the west coast of Ireland as a touring destination.