Jon Hynes, 42, and Sean Cahill, 50, describe their experience sea kayaking the 950-mile perimeter of Ireland and documenting the experience with videographer Cian Walsh. For its rugged, mystical ...

Beyond the blarney of the Kerry tourist trail, the Reeks District is pitching itself as the country’s adventure playground, with five outdoor activities on offer ...

Kayaking at night allows you to experience seeing the stars in a different way than you can on land. NUTAN/Gamma-Rapho, Getty Images It’s not quite dark when we float away from Reen Pier in ...

As a recent convert to sea swimming off Ireland's east coast, I jump at the chance to explore a little further out into Dublin Bay when I'm invited to go sea kayaking off Howth harbour. As I had ...

When I heard you could paddle all the way from Kildare to Dublin, on the 37-mile River Liffey, I jumped at the chance. After all, this is the mythical (and literal) “river of life,” cutting right ...

The last thing I expected to come across while on a kayaking trip to Carlow was an adventure-focused singles' weekend, but that's exactly what we found. We were almost finished our picturesque kayak ...

Summers in Ireland are not hot at the best of times, but the one I picked to kayak 1,000 miles around the island turned out to be the worst on record. Day after day, strong winds pinned me down in ...

It can happen to anyone. When the pressure is on you can let yourself down. Right now, my own particular failing is not being able to navigate my kayak in a straight line. In my defence, kayaks are ...

My kayak had gone belly-up. I flailed underwater, holding my breath as I tried to turn it around from beneath the water’s surface. But waves were pounding the kayak, and I was running out of breath, ...

Éidín Dowling from Tralee who will represent Ireland at the ICR Canoe Freestyle World Championships. Three years ago, Éidín Dowling didn’t know how to kayak. Next weekend, the talented Tralee woman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kayaking at night allows you to experience seeing the stars in a different way than you can on land. NUTAN/Gamma-Rapho, Getty ...

To get some perspective of Simon's new journey, take a look a our map, which plots the route he will be taking around Ireland. A 3,000 mile kayak journey around Britain's coastline - that's the target ...