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Walking Benwee Head

A magnificent cliff amphitheatre along the Benwee Head Loop Walk. Photo: Anthony Hickey
A magnificent cliff amphitheatre along the Benwee Head Loop Walk. Photo: Anthony Hickey

Below me Portacloy’s golden strand, from where I had set out on my trek over Benwee Head (An Bhinn Bhuí), sparkled under a September sun and all around stretched the epic landscape of the North Mayo cliffs; the dizzying heights, at once, an awe-inspiring and terrifying experience. On this beautiful morning, there was no better […]

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A good year for Bog Cotton

Bog Cotton, Benwee Head, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Bog Cotton, Benwee Head, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

I was standing in the middle of the bog that covers Benwee Head on the Children of Lir Loop Walk in one of the most scenic places in Mayo talking to a local man as he put in a late evening shift saving the turf.