7 Holiday parks & campsites

For coastal camping holidays in County Kerry, the award-winning Mannix Point Camping and Caravan Park is spectacularly situated by the Gulf Stream coast on the Wild Atlantic Way

Bayview is an award winning park overlooking Dungarvan Bay. Amenities include golf, angling, sailing, swimming, tennis and beautiful scenic drives.

The Atlantic Caravan Park is situated in Enniscrone, Co.Sligo - a long established family holiday resort with its famous 3 mile golden beach, recognised as oneof the best in Ireland. Adjacent to Atlantic Caravan Park is Enniscrone 18-hole Championship Golf Course which offers excellent facilities for visitors. There is also Waterworld (new).

Lough Ennell Caravan and Camping Park is one of the premier holiday parks in Ireland, offering a range of touring pitches for tents and caravans, as well as a range of holiday homes that are available for hire. The park is open between April and September. A sheltered location on the shores of Lough Ennell, the park is set in nearly 20 acres of mature woodland, picturesque, peaceful, and perfect for a relaxing break. Everything you would expect to find at a holiday park is available at Lough Ennell, including a children's play area, games room, restaurant, takeaway food facility and a well-stocked mini-supermarket. Only one hour outside of Dublin, the Irish capital, Lough Ennell Caravan Park is perfect for heading into the city, exploring the best of central Ireland or, of course, simply kicking back and relaxing in the inspirational surroundings that are on offer at the site. The Lough itself is famous across Europe as a fishing destination, and is well-stocked with trout for the keen fisherman who wants to spend his day trying to catch a bite. As well fishing, the clean and calm lake is also popular with swimmers and boat owners, while canoeing, windsurfing, and other water activities are also regularly seen. If you are looking to stay in the nearby area rather than travelling into Dublin, you can make the most of the beautiful small towns of Mullingar and Tullamore, with facilities including leisure centres, cinemas, children's activity centres and so much more. A quiet location in itself, but with excellent transport links to the rest of Ireland, whether you are looking for countryside, towns, or even the coast of Ireland, Lough Ennell Caravan and Camping Park is an exceptional place where you can get away from it all surrounded by some of the country's most inspirational landscape.

A quiet site on the banks of the Avonmore River and on the edge of the Wicklow Mountains. An ideal touring base being within 1.5 hours of both Dublin and Rosslare with train and bus services from the village. The village, a 10-minute walk away includes several pubs, shops and restaurants. On site there is trout fishing. Our natural timber cabins are set on the edge of our own private lake with decking to the front. Each cabin has two bedrooms one double, one bunk, and full kitchen and bathroom facilities. We are unable to accommodate Commercial Vehicles, or units other than specific tourist units

A mature modern fully developed park, internationally renowned in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains in the quaint village of Roundwood, overlooking Vartry Lakes and Forest. Convenient to most ferry ports - Dublin 30 km (nearest 4 star park), Dun Laoghaire 20 km (one of the nearest 4 star parks), Rosslare 95 km. Roundwood Caravan and Camping Park provides the best of facilities for the discerning camper or caravanner. Facilities include: campers kitchen/ dining room/ TV room, bikes for hire, car hire, daily bus service from gates to Dublin City and Glendalough. Shops, pubs, restaurants, markets and entertainment are all within a leisurely 5 minute stroll. Stay in the quiet, quaint, secure surroundings of Roundwood Village and visit Dublin City on our daily bus service or by car (40 mins). Ideal bas e for touring the South East and Dublin. Recommended by AA, RAC, ADAC, ANWB, ACSI, Europa Camping. Bord Failte Award of Excellence, AA Awards of Excellence.

Wolohan's Silver Strand Caravan & Camping Park is situated three miles from Wicklow town on the east coast of Ireland, overlooking Silver Strand beach. This beach is renowned as being one of Wicklow's most beautiful sandy beaches, with safe swimming and fun for all the family. The Wolohan family has welcomed tents, touring and motor caravans for over 80 years to this 22-acre park, which is set among rural farmland with spectacular coastal views. Indeed, virtually every pitch receives a sea view. That's because the park offers a refreshingly informal layout that lets you pretty much pitch where you like, allowing for fire and safety regulations. The site is made up from a series of fields and paddocks - select from a headland pitch with less shelter but incredible views, or a more sheltered position tucked up against a hedgerow and with an electric hook-up. There's access from all areas, either way, to Silver Strand Beach. You can also opt for a seasonal touring pitch that provides sea views right through from Easter to the end of September. Two toilet blocks are available for campers, a dishwashing room with free hot water, an ice pack freezing service, a fully equipped launderette and clothes-washing sink, plus a substantial caravan and camping accessories shop is found on site. This not only sells last-minute essentials - this is worthy of a stay and a lengthy browse! In addition to a wide selection of tents, equipment and cookware, you'll find portable barbecues, gas appliances, outdoor furniture, body boards and wetsuits, fishing rods and tackle, plus sales of Camping Gaz and Calor Gas. For those without their own touring facilities, Wolohan's also has a mobile home park separate from the touring areas. A traditional, all grass site, all mobile homes are laid out to provide peaceful sunny areas and are separated by spacious grassy lawns. Nearly all of the mobile home sites have sea views. But Wolohan's also has a great addition located on the campsite - a traditional 3-bedroom cottage that sleeps six, ideal for families or friends who wish to holiday together where some family members have camping facilities and others don't. The cottage also has sea views. Wolohan's Silver Strand Caravan & Camping Park is 35 miles south of Dublin, with easy access from Dublin Port via the M50 and M11 motorways (there's a toll on the M50 motorway between junctions six and seven, which can be payable in advance via the motorway management website (www.eflow.ie)). Closer still to the campsite is the port at Dun Laoghaire, allowing visitors to be pitching up within half an hour from leaving the ferry. In addition to nearby Dublin, the Republic of Ireland's cosmopolitan capital, this campsite is a great base from which to explore the beautiful Wicklow Mountains National Park on your camping and caravan holidays, where visitors can enjoy magnificent scenery while walking or cycling. Another, lesser-known area, close to the campsite is the wonderful Vale of Avoca, south of Rathdrum, which is particularly stunning in springtime when the valley becomes filled with blossom. Of course, Wicklow's coast should not be forgotten, with the dramatic Wicklow Head just north of the campsite and, for lovers of golf, the spectacular location of Blainroe Golf Club, with sea views from all 18 holes and just minutes from Wolohan's Silver Strand Caravan & Camping Park.