Blackwater Valley lies in the South Of Ireland and boasts a wealth of beautiful and varied walks. This website lists a number of those walks with accompanying maps, historical notes and local information.
These walks include mountain and hillside walks as well as river walks and town walks. The walks are designed in “loops” to facilitate starting and finishing at the same point. Mountain ranges such as the Galty, Nagles and Knockmealdown are included.
While each of the walks are moderate in length we have made use of a long distance walking route which runs from Clogheen in County Tipperary, through County Waterford, the ‘V’ Gap in the Knockmealdowns, through Kilworth, Fermoy, Ballyhooly and on past Mallow to Millstreet. This walk, known locally as the “Blackwater Way” (or the “Avondhu Way”), was designed and set-up by Christy Roche, a local geographer and walker. Long distance walks, by convention, are indicated by yellow hiker waymarkers with arrows. For more information please see our website at http://www.blackwatervalleywalks.com/.