Dún Chaoin: Siúlóid na Cille and the Blasket views

From the Great Blasket Centre car park, follow the waymarked loop (white arrows on green) north up the lane and track on the east side of the hill, then west along the cliff top to the headland above Clogher Beach, with Ceann Sibeal, Mount Brandon, Eagle Mountain and the Blasket Islands in view. The loop then turns south down the coast, by Kilgobnet, and back to the centre. On the way it passes the schoolhouse built for the film Ryan's Daughter.

It is 4.6 km round with 110 m of ascent; allow about 1½ hours. The grade is Easy: minor roads, tracks and sandy paths, with a climb at the start and a cliff-top stretch.

On the cliff-top stretch keep back from the edge, above all in wind, and wear warm clothes, as the headland is exposed. Dogs are not allowed on this loop. Part of the route follows minor roads: walk facing the traffic.

The Great Blasket Centre car park is at the start and OpenStreetMap gives no charge for it. No railway station is within reach.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.