A fine dining voyage along Ireland's wild west coast

Joe McNamee takes to the road and fuels up in some of the west coast’s tastiest restaurants along the way

Ballynahinch Castle, Co Galway.  Enjoy Michelin-starred chef Danni Barry’s glorious dinners in the hotel’s Owenmore Restaurant. 

Certain dreams are worth waiting for and the decades of waiting before Camper Van Claude finally came into my life several years ago only served to whet my appetites, both literal and metaphorical. Someday, Claude and I will do the Wild Atlantic Way but I’ll need time, two months at least, so consider this a West-bound recce to prepare for the real deal sometime in the future.

The great thing about a camper is pulling up outside a hospitality establishment, filling the belly and then stepping outside the front door and straight into bed — or you can choose instead to sleep in a real bed if the mood takes you and it always does when I’m anywhere near Ballynahinch Castle.