Adventure travel in Ireland: Is this Europe's newest adventure capital?

By Daniel Scott
Updated August 31 2016 - 3:09pm, first published 2:36pm
The beautiful Connemara region of Ireland.
The beautiful Connemara region of Ireland.
Killary Fjord swim.
Killary Fjord swim.
Voya Seaweed Spa, Strandhill, County Sligo.
Voya Seaweed Spa, Strandhill, County Sligo.
Kayaking at Lough Hyne.
Kayaking at Lough Hyne.

There was a time when adventure travel in Ireland constituted a long crawl from bar to inviting Dublin bar or a night of music-fuelled revelry in a cubby-hole pub in a country town.