Natural Wonders in Co. Mayo
4 places
1.Downpatrick Head
A 45m sea stack broken off in a 1393 storm
A windswept Mayo headland where a 45-metre sea stack, a thundering blowhole and a wartime Éire sign share one short cliff-top loop. Entry is free and the gate never closes.
- Highlights
- Dún Briste, a 45m sea stack with ruins still on top
- Poll na Seantainne blowhole and its fenced viewing platform
- ÉIRE 64 wartime marker and lookout hut
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Tourmakeady Waterfall
A forest waterfall on a 2.2 km woodland loop
A mossy cascade hidden deep in the native woodland of Tourmakeady's People's Millennium Forest, tucked between Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains in a Mayo Gaeltacht village.
- Highlights
- Waterfall in native oak, alder and birch woodland
- Millennium Forest planted in 1999
- Two waymarked walk options (2.2 km or 4 km)
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access
3.Dún na mBó
Iron Age fort, blowhole and a thin-place sculpture
A cliff-top sculpture frames a natural sea blowhole on the wild Mullet Peninsula, where Atlantic swell sprays up through the rock beside the site of an Iron Age promontory fort.
- Highlights
- Natural sea blowhole ringed by a 2002 Travis Price sculpture
- Cliff-top views to Eagle Island Lighthouse
- Site of an Iron Age promontory fort (excavated 1999)
4.Aasleagh Falls
a four-metre cascade best after heavy rain
A small but photogenic waterfall where the River Erriff drops about four metres into Killary Harbour, framed by the mountains of the Galway-Mayo border. It is a quick roadside stop that roars after rain.
- Highlights
- Wild Atlantic Way Signature Point
- Start of the Western Way long-distance trail
- David Attenborough filmed a European eel segment here
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access