Driving Route: Golden Vale Drive
Starting Point: Limerick City
Services: Limerick City, Pallasgreen, Emly, Galbally, Ballylanders, Kilfinane, Kilmallock, Bruree, Bruff, Holycross, Lough Gur and Ballyneety.
Distance: 112km
Time: This driving route makes a comfortable day trip allowing you to visit all the places named.
The varied landscapes on the Golden Vale drive (Distance: 112km) range from the level pasture lands to the north, from which the Golden Vale derives its name, to the foot of the highest inland mountain, Galtymore (3015 ft) by Griston bog, over the undulating picturesque countryside on the southern side of the drive through the medieval town of Kilmallock, and around Lough Gur which is famous for its many archaeological sites.
This signposted driving tour follows the following route: Limerick; Pallasgreen; Emly; Galbally; Ballylanders; Kilfinane; Kilmallock; Bruree; Bruff; Holycross; Lough Gur; Ballyneety.
There is an audio tour available on disc for the Golden Vale Drive, which is unique and offers much more than just a historical database of information. It concentrates on living cultures, traditions and stories as told by local people.
The focus of the audio tour is in bringing the heritage signage of the area to life, creating, a living land, an outdoors museum for the visitor, allowing the visitor to experience the heritage.
Log onto http://www.livingland.ie/ for further information and images on the Golden Vale Drive and to download tracks to your ipod or mobile phone.
Contact: Ballyhoura Fáilte
Address: Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
Tel: 00353 63 91300
Fax: 00353 63 91330
Web: www.ballyhouracountry.com
Email: info@ballyhoura.org
Head Office, Shannon Town Centre,
Shannon, Co Clare: t: +353 (0)61 361555 f: +353 (0)61 361903