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Find a Safari ticket
Find a Safari ticket
A little something for the road
A little something for the road
Wild Bathtub Safari tickets are free illustrated keepsakes, available from participating businesses around North Clare. Each ticket introduces a particular route and provides a QR code to explore its recorded sightings in Google Earth. Pick one up, take it with you, and see what turns up along the way.
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The route QR codes and website address in these examples are placeholders. Ticket distribution locations are still to be confirmed.
Choose your Tub Safari Route ...
Choose your Tub Safari Route ...
Spot tubs and stay curious … as you explore bookshops, cafes, restaurants and attractions in North Clare.
Spot tubs and stay curious … as you explore bookshops, cafes, restaurants and attractions in North Clare.
The Salmon Bookshop to Aillwee Cave
The Salmon Bookshop to Aillwee Cave
A warm, independent bookshop on Main Street, Ennistymon, The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre is home to Salmon Poetry. Its shelves bring together new and secondhand books, with a particular love of poetry and literature from Ireland and beyond. Readings, book launches, music and literary gatherings make it a lively meeting place for writers and readers.
The Salmon hosted the launch of Wild Bathtubs and stocks the book in various formats – a fitting place to begin your own exploration of North Clare’s unexpected literary landscape.
Safari route · Ennistymon – Aillwee Cave · via Kilfenora · 28 km
Backroads and quiet roads link Ennistymon and Aillwee Cave via Kilfenora. Along the way: Tub 21 on a hill, Tub 132 on the street in Kilfenora, and Tub 474 with an old water harvester.
16 tubs by the road, 17 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-SA-01
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Moher Cottage to Liscannor
Moher Cottage to Liscannor
A family-run coffee and gift shop near the Cliffs of Moher, Moher Cottage combines Irish-made gifts, handmade fudge and coffee with sweeping views across Liscannor Bay. Set on the family farm, it is a welcoming stop along this stretch of the Clare coast.
A stockist of Wild Bathtubs in paperback format, Moher Cottage is a natural place to pause, browse the book and set off with an eye for the unexpected.
Safari route · Moher Cottage – Liscannor · via Hag’s Head · 12 km
Dry-stone walls and fields between Moher Cottage and Liscannor, via the Hag’s Head peninsula. Along the way: Tub 278 in the Moher Cottage’s own farmyard, Tub 255 from the cover of Wild Bathtubs, and Tub 271 built through a field wall.
67 tubs by the road, 45 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-MC-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesBanner Books, Ennistymon to Spanish Point
Banner Books, Ennistymon to Spanish Point
An independent bookshop in the Square, Ennistymon, Banner Books brings together new and secondhand books, cards and gifts. Its varied shelves offer plenty of reasons to linger, whether you arrive looking for a particular title or simply for the pleasure of browsing.
Among its local titles is Wild Bathtubs, offering another way to discover the countryside beyond the town.
Safari route · Ennistymon – Spanish Point · via Milltown Malbay · 20 km
Backroads link Banner Books and the Armada Hotel via Moy and Milltown Malbay. Along the way: Tub 291, a pair in Ennistymon, and Tub 688, upside down, near Spanish Point.
41 tubs by the road, 46 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-BA-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesThe Ennis Bookshop to Lahinch Books
The Ennis Bookshop to Lahinch Books
An independent family bookshop on Abbey Street, the The Ennis Bookshop, and Lahinch Books have been part of Clare’s reading life since 1970. Its wide selection spans fiction, nonfiction and children’s books, with a strong commitment to supporting local authors through launches and signings.
A stockist of Wild Bathtubs, it offers a chance to pick up the book in the county town before heading out to explore North Clare.
Safari route · Ennis – Lahinch · via Kilshanny · 46 km
Backroads link Ennis and Lahinch via Ennistymon and Kilshanny. Along the way: Tub 1, where the book began, Tub 23, the plastic “alien”, and Tub 212 at Willie Daly’s matchmaking and donkey farm.
46 tubs by the road, 68 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-EH-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesCorofin to The Burren Visitor Centre, Kilfenora to Doolin
Corofin to The Burren Visitor Centre, Kilfenora to Doolin
In the historic village of Kilfenora, the Burren Visitor Centre introduces the landscape, heritage and people of this remarkable region. Exhibitions, a local craft and souvenir shop, and a tea room make it a welcoming place to pause and plan your explorations.
The centre is also a stockist of Wild Bathtubs, adding a playful perspective to the Burren’s more familiar natural and cultural attractions.
Safari route · Corofin – Doolin · via Kilfenora · 28 km
Backroads link Corofin and Doolin via Leamaneh Castle and Kilfenora.
Along the way: Tub 180, a tub on a tub, at Leamaneh, and Tub 515, with legs.
29 tubs by the road, 16 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-CK-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesThe Russell Gallery Café & Shop, New Quay to Doolin
The Russell Gallery Café & Shop, New Quay to Doolin
Overlooking Galway Bay on the Burren coast, the Russell Gallery has been a home for fine art in New Quay since 1999. Alongside its exhibitions, the shop offers jewellery, cards, books, shawls and art materials, and the café serves coffee and cakes with seating outside.
A stockist of Wild Bathtubs and several other local interest books, the gallery is a fine place to start looking at the Burren with an artist’s eye, and an eye for the unexpected.
Safari route · New Quay – · via Ballyvaughan · 48 km
The longest car route on the Safari links New Quay and Doolin via Ballyvaughan and the coast road around Black Head. Along the way: Tub 227 at Doolin Cave.
21 tubs by the road, 22 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-RS-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesThe Inkbound Bookshop, Gort to Caherconnell
The Inkbound Bookshop, Gort to Caherconnell
On the historic Market Square in Gort, the Inkbound Bookshop is devoted to self-published authors, small presses and independent creators: books the mainstream shops rarely stock. Author spotlights, reading initiatives and community projects gather around it as The Inkbound Society.
A fitting home for Wild Bathtubs, a self-published book, it’s also the gateway to the Burren from the Galway side.
Safari route · Gort – Caherconnell · via Carran · 28 km
Backroads link Gort and Caherconnell Stone Fort via Kilmacduagh and Carran, crossing into Clare on the way. Along the way: Tub 247 in the disappeared tub Burren Perfumery, invisible in the herb garden, and Tub 254, hauntingly upside down on a single articulated ball foot.
Only 7 tubs by the road, 6 more within 1 km … but lots of scenery to distract on the way.
Open the Google Maps route: WBS-IC-01
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesLahinch Books to Doolin Cave Gift Shop
Lahinch Books to Doolin Cave Gift Shop
Ennis Books a stockist of Wild Bathtubs, a companion for discovering some of North Clare’s more surprising sights above ground.
Doolin Cave offers a glimpse beneath the Burren landscape, with an onsite café and gift shop to round out a visit. The shop features distinctive pottery by resident artist Caireann Browne, made using glacial clay found within the cave.
Safari route · Lahinch – Doolin Cave · via Moher · 21 km
Backroads link Lahinch and Doolin Cave via the townlands behind the Cliffs of Moher. Along the way: Tub 350, built through a wall, and Tub 227 at the cave itself.
47 tubs by the road, 47 more within 1 km
Open the Google Maps route · WBS-LD-01 [Link Here Coming]
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesCharlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway
In the Cornstore on Middle Street, Charlie Byrne’s has been one of Galway’s best-loved bookshops since 1989. Its six rooms hold more than 100,000 new, bargain and secondhand books, with a strong line in hard-to-find Irish-interest titles.
Among them is Wild Bathtubs, for readers who want to take a closer look at North Clare, just across Galway Bay …. if you are willing to find your way out of the city.
Safari Route Tickets: while there is not a route designed from Galway, ask if they have tickets or can direct you to the routes.
↑ Back to the list of Safari routesO’Mahony’s Booksellers — Ennis and Limerick
O’Mahony’s Booksellers — Ennis and Limerick
Family-run since 1902, O’Mahony’s is one of Ireland’s oldest independent booksellers. Its flagship shop on O’Connell Street, Limerick, and its Ennis shop are known for book launches, author signings and children’s events.
Stocks Wild Bathtubs: one in the county town on the doorstep of North Clare, the other for visitors arriving through Limerick.
Safari Route Tickets: may not be currently available.
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