Cliffs of Moher through Clare

Follow the N18 and then the N85 northwest from Limerick for 80 km, rolling past stone-walled fields before a final coastal stretch. The Cliffs of Moher top out at 214 m near Knockardakin, staring straight at Atlantic swells and, on clear days, the Aran Islands; to the south lies Liscannor Bay, to the north the ridge toward Doolin, where nightly sessions at Gus O’Connor’s have set the pace since the 1960s. Beyond, the Burren opens its limestone pavements, spring orchids tucked between grikes, and the Poulnabrone dolmen raised around 3000 BC.

Your driver collects you from your Limerick hotel and keeps a Mercedes at your disposal all day: pause when morning light hits O’Brien’s Tower, move on when the wind stiffens at Hag’s Head. In Doolin, you taste a crab sandwich or lobster depending on the catch while he handles the road; in Lahinch, he waits as you watch the surfers over coffee. In County Clare, with a private chauffeur from Limerick, plans stay flexible: detour to Black Head if the swell is working, stop in Kilfenora to view its high crosses, then loop back via Corofin without retracing the same road.