viewpoint in Mayo, Ireland
Downpatrick Head
A clifftop blowhole beside the sea stack of Dún Briste
Worth the wander
Walk the open clifftop to Dún Briste, a 45m sea stack that sheared from the mainland in a 1393 storm, marooning a family who were rescued the next day, plus a roaring blowhole underfoot — mind the unfenced edges.
Quick answers
- Cost
- Free
- Time and distance
- 1 km loop
- Parking
- Free car park at the site, 6 km north of Ballycastle village.
Find your way
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo