Galway, Ireland’s lively west coast city that leaps to the sound of live music, has been named one of Europe’s Capitals of Culture 2020, offering up a grand excuse to explore the land of the leprechaun. The Wild Atlantic Way, a 2500-kilometre long driving route, runs up and down the rugged west coast, linking tiny coastal hamlets and bigger cities such as Galway into a stunning trail that traverses six regions, countless craggy land edges and an endless number of those famed emerald hills.