Wilder Wander
Free Maps and Tours
Free Maps
We love free and open data so we took some from the Irish Open Data Initiative and created some maps. This data is free to use but can be hard to find, so we are going to add to this repository of maps over the coming months so you can find interesting places to visit!
Irish Pilgrim Paths
This map contains a series of medieval pilgrimage paths across Ireland, some of which may have prehistoric origins. These are promoted by the Pilgrims Path of Ireland group for use, by both pilgrims and recreational users with an emphasis on spirituality
These datasets are being provided for public re-use under the Government’s Open Data initiative, and are published under the CC-BY-4.0. licence.
Click HERE for the Map
Tourism Attractions
This map consists of a collection of tourist attractions provided by Fáilte Ireland as part of their Open Data policy.
Data downloaded from data.gov.ie – May 2021 (data may not be up to date and has not been verified).
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Click HERE for the Map
Sheela - na - Gigs
This map displays locational information for all of Ireland’s known Sheela-na-Gigs.
It was created using publicly available National Monuments Service open-data. This was augmented with images and information gathered from the museum sector and Sheela-na-Gig academics and enthusiasts.
These datasets are being provided for public re-use under the Government’s Open Data initiative, and are published under the CC-BY-4.0. licence.
Click HERE for the Map
Museums and More
This map contains a list of all publicly accessible collections housed in museums, collections, archives and visitor centres of historic/ cultural/ heritage interest, on the island of Ireland, as of February 2015. Their classification as museum, collection or archive is generally based on self-declaration of their facility type and not on any conventions as laid down by the Heritage Council.
These datasets are being provided for public re-use under the Government’s Open Data initiative, and are published under the CC-BY-4.0. licence.
Click HERE for the Map
Need help using these maps?
Open the Map
Expand the information by clicking on the top right plus icon and click on the link at the bottom of the image, as shown with the yellow arrows. This will bring you to Google Maps.
Click a Point
Google Maps opens with the open data highlighted. Click on a point of interest. Turn on your GPS if you want to get directions.
Click Text
Click on text from point of interest. Here we click on Mizen Head Signal Station. This will expand the text information (this may look different on various phones/computers).
Access Info
Depending on information available, read about the location and follow an additional link, if provided. Note some of these links do not work as they might not be updated by the agency sharing the data.
More Info
If a link exists, follow it for more information. Note that some open data is better than other data and offers lots of additional information!
We would love to hear how you get on using the maps, click on the button if you’d like to give feedback.
Free Tours – Update 2021!
We have major news! In the Summer 2021, we joined forces with the wonderful Actionbound company to bring you Wilder Wander tours and games via their Actionbound App. You can use the Actionbound App to find Wilder Wander tours and games and other games too. You can also create your own games for free! We love the Actionbound App and hope you do too!
