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Carrowteige has one of prettiest beaches in Mayo

The sandy cove at Carrowteige in the wild and wonderful wilderness of North Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The sandy cove at Carrowteige in the wild and wonderful wilderness of North Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

The lovely Gaeltacht Village of Carrowteige (Ceathrú Thaidhg) has one of the most beautiful little beaches in Co Mayo.

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Take the road to Dun na mBó

The sculpture, at the Dún na mBó blowhole on the Mullet Peninsula in Co Mayo, was designed by the American artist, Travis Price, and is dedicated to those lost at sea off the coast. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The sculpture, at the Dún na mBó blowhole on the Mullet Peninsula in Co Mayo, was designed by the American artist, Travis Price, and is dedicated to those lost at sea off the coast. Photo: Anthony Hickey

Dún na mBó, which is located at Doonamo Point, at the northwest end of the Mullet Peninsula, is one of the most spectacular blowholes in Co Mayo. The blowhole is a short drive from Belmullet on one of the most exciting sections of Mayo’s Wild Atlantic Way – and while it is not as well […]

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Eagle Island was once home to lighthouse keepers’ families

A view of Eagle Island, Co Mayo, from The Mullet Peninsula. Photo: Anthony Hickey
A view of Eagle Island, Co Mayo, from The Mullet Peninsula. Photo: Anthony Hickey

Eagle Island, off the north end of the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, Co Mayo, was once home to the families of the island’s two lighthouse keepers. The two lighthouses on Eagle Island were switched on in September 1835. One of the lighthouses stopped functioning after it was damaged beyond repair by a storm in 1894, […]

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Erris Mayo Walks

A grandstand view of Downpatrick Head blowhole

The statue of St. Patrick at Downpatrick Head overlooking the blowhole berm and viewing platform. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The statue of St. Patrick at Downpatrick Head overlooking the blowhole berm and viewing platform. Photo: Anthony Hickey

The viewing area and walkway around the blowhole at Downpatrick near Ballycastle in Co Mayo is one of the most spectacular and exciting Signature Discovery Points on the Wild Atlantic Way tourist trail.

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Cross Loop Walk where scenery and legend meet

Cross beach, part of The Cross Loop Walks on The Mullet in Co Mayo, looking out on Inishglora. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Cross beach, part of The Cross Loop Walks on The Mullet in Co Mayo, looking out on Inishglora. Photo: Anthony Hickey

There are very few looped walks that can rival The Cross Loop Walks on The Mullet in Co Mayo for such varied and magnificent seaside scenery.  From the moment you set foot on Cross beach, which stretches from Cross Point to Corraun Point, you will know you are in a place of great beauty that has […]