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Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way--world's longest coastal route

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published March 15, 2017 at 2:35 AM PDT
Famine cottage en route to Slea Head, County Kerry along the fabled Wild Atlantic Way
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Famine cottage en route to Slea Head, County Kerry along the fabled Wild Atlantic Way
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Quaint village of Dingle along the Wild Atlantic Way, County Kerry, Ireland
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Quaint village of Dingle along the Wild Atlantic Way, County Kerry, Ireland
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Notre Dame Marching Band in Saint Patrick's Parade, Dublin, Ireland
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Notre Dame Marching Band in Saint Patrick's Parade, Dublin, Ireland
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Slea Head, County Kerry along the fabled Wild Atlantic Way
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Slea Head, County Kerry along the fabled Wild Atlantic Way
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County Kerry harbor
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Sandy beach County Kerry, Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way
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Sandy beach County Kerry, Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way
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Skellig Michael Island eight miles from Port Magee County Kerry, Ireland
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Skellig Michael Island eight miles from Port Magee County Kerry, Ireland

Naill Gibbons Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland based in Dublin, shares his passion for Ireland and exploring the Wild Atlantic Way--one of the world’s longest coastal routes covers the dramatic Irish west coast from the Inishowen Peninsula in the north down to Kinsale, County Cork, in the south.

Naill Gibbons (left) CEO Tourism Ireland with correspondent Tom Wilmer
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Naill Gibbons (left) CEO Tourism Ireland with correspondent Tom Wilmer
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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