New Journeys Begin
You. Your dog. The trail ahead.
Tails Trails Treks (TTT)
the outdoor lifestyle you share with your dog. The early starts, Backpack ready for the muddy trails, the summit views with no one but each other.
Hiking, camping, road trips, van life, trail running, fishing, surfing, kayaking, paddleboarding, and all kinds of biking, water adventures and time outdoors with kids and prams in tow.
”A Pair Of Boots, Two Retrievers From Mountains To Coastline,
Always Together.”
Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Beaches of Ireland
Ireland is defined by water. The Atlantic wraps the entire western coastline in a 2,500-kilometre arc of headland, inlet, strand, and sea cliff. Rivers drain every mountain range on the island into loughs and estuaries that connect upland wilderness to the sea. Inland, the loughs of Connacht, the Shannon system, and the limestone lakes of the midlands form one of the largest freshwater networks in Europe. For a dog, this is not scenery. It is the entire world.
Ocean walking on the Irish coast gives you something no inland trail can match. The scale changes. The wind has no obstruction. A beach strand in Donegal or Mayo at low tide can run for three kilometres with nothing on it no path, no marker, no other person. The dog runs. You walk. The Atlantic does the rest.
River trails bring a different quality entirely. Moving water holds scent, wildlife, and constant variation. An hour on a riverbank covers more sensory ground for a dog than a full day on a road trail. The Barrow, the Slaney, the Shannon, the Moy these are working rivers with bankside paths that have been walked for centuries.
Biking Ireland: Roads, Lakes, Forest, Mountains
In the south, the Ring of Kerry and the Beara Peninsula deliver road cycling at its most dramatic coastal switchbacks, mountain passes, and views across open water that make you forget your legs are burning. Head west and the Great Western Greenway in Mayo runs 42 kilometres from Westport to Achill Island along one of the finest traffic-free cycling corridors in Europe, lake and mountain on every side.
The east gives you Wicklow forest trails at Carrick Mountain and Ticknock sitting inside genuine mountain terrain, road routes that climb through glacial valleys, and Coillte forest tracks wide enough to bring the dog alongside. Push north and the Mournes deliver mountain biking with serious elevation, forest descents, and lough-side trails that switch between exposed ridge and sheltered woodland without warning.
Walking and Hiking Ireland's Trails
Forget what you think you know. Ireland’s mountains are wild, exposed, and completely indifferent to your schedule. No ski lifts. No summit cafes. Just the mountain, the Atlantic weather, and whatever you brought with you.
In the south, the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks in Kerry deliver Ireland’s highest ground serious ridgelines, genuine exposure, and views that stop conversation entirely. Head west and the Twelve Bens of Connemara rise from bog and coastline in a cluster of quartzite peaks that catch the light differently every hour of the day.
The east gives you the Wicklow Mountains vast rolling moorland and glacial valleys covering hundreds of square kilometres, wild enough to get properly lost in and close enough to Dublin that you have no excuse not to go. Push north and the Mournes erupt from the Down coastline like something the glacier left behind in a hurry, granite and bracken and sudden dramatic height.
Every range has its own geology, its own weather, and its own version of wild. All of it is within reach. Most of it welcomes dogs
Sleep, Stay & Explore Dog-Friendly Accommodation
The right base changes everything, and across all 32 counties there are options worth knowing about.
Wild Camping Legal grey area, practical reality. Across the upland west and open coastal fringe, wild camping is quietly tolerated by landowners and locals alike. Pick your spot well, leave nothing behind, and you wake up to a view no booking platform can charge for. Dogs welcome by default.
Glamping The Irish glamping scene has grown up. Geodesic domes on the Atlantic edge, shepherd huts in Wicklow woodland, timber pods inside Coillte forest parks. A growing number run explicitly dog-friendly, with trail maps on the table and bowls at the door. West Clare, Beara, and the Mournes foothills lead the way.
Van Life and Motorhome Stays Local authority motorhome stopovers have expanded across the country, and the informal tradition of overnight parking at coastal lay-bys and forest car parks is understood rather than policed. Coillte overnight permits cover select forest locations, trails from the door, dogs welcome.
Campsites From full-facility parks with powered pitches to stripped-back farmers’ fields with a tap and a gate, Ireland has the full range. The best ones sit close to trailheads, take dogs without fuss, and charge a fair rate for what they are.
Dog-Friendly B&Bs and Lodges When the weather turns serious, four walls and a hot breakfast become the right call. Dog-friendly accommodation has expanded significantly, with hosts across every county now actively catering for canine guests rather than tolerating them.