Walking Short Break – Downpatrick Head & Ceathru Thaidhg Loop

We are heading for the true Wild, on the Wild Atlantic way on, the remote costal area in north co. Mayo. We will hike on ancient blanket bogs whilst on the edge of stunning cliffs for our walks this weekend. Arriving down and meeting at our accommodation for 3 of . We will head out for a short walk around the amazing Downpatrick head with all its incredible sights.

Next day it’s a 30 min  drive to Ceathru Thaidhg and the magical children of  lir loop walk. “The finest sustained coastal walk in western Ireland, with a profusion of precipitous cliffs, crags, caves, chasms and islands along the remote North Mayo coast“. (Lonely Planet Walking in Ireland 1999) .On the way back to Ballycastle we will call into a really great find one of the tallest Ogham stones in Ireland.