A lonely Connemara blanket bog where, within a dozen years, Marconi sent the first commercial transatlantic radio signal and Alcock and Brown ended the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
In 1907 Guglielmo Marconi achieved the first commercial transatlantic wireless transmission from here, from a station that once employed hundreds. Foundations of the Condenser House, Power House and Social Club still line the walk.
On 15 June 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown crash-landed here 16 hours and 28 minutes after leaving Newfoundland, completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A cairn marks the spot, and a wing-shaped memorial stands nearby on the Errislannan Peninsula.
The signposted loop runs about 5km (3.1 miles) through the bog, starting at the car park and following paths and timber boardwalks past seven story-telling stop points. Allow 1.5 to 2 hours; the terrain is exposed and uneven, so wear sturdy footwear.
Binocular-style information points overlay old photographs onto the landscape so you can see the site as it looked in Marconi's day. Other art works include a Tuning Fork Organ, a Wind Reed and a parabolic mirror that amplifies distant sound.
The trail crosses one of Europe's finest lowland blanket bogs, a mosaic of peat, tiny lakes and pools, framed by the Twelve Bens, with sheep grazing nearby.
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