![]() ![]() This route has an elevation gain of about 0 ft and is rated as easy. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. No wonder Grace O'Malley, the fearless sea pirate used this bay as her own. Clew Bay Park is a 0.3 mile (500-step) route located near Westport, Mayo, Ireland. The drumlins are low hills formed from glacial sediment deposited at. Clew Bay is associated with Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen during Elizabethan times and Dorinish, a private island purchased by John Lennon. It contains Ireland's best example of sunken glacial drumlins. On Achill's west side lies the secluded Keem beach, a sight to behold coming down the cliff-top road.Ĭontinuing the journey from Achill to Westport you pass along Clew Bay which, according to tradition, has 365 islands – one for every day of the year. Clew Bay is in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. The islands in Clew Bay are partly drowned drumlins, which are elongated, steep-sided hills that were sometimes described as whale-backed. This coast road along the cliff edge has fantastic views of Clew Bay. Clew Bay has according to tradition three hundred & sixty-five islands: one for every day of the year The largest one Clare Island guards the entrance to the sheltered bay. The Atlantic Dive, boasting some of the most impressive views of the Atlantic, goes along the south west coast of Achill. Clew Bay (Cuan M) is a natural ocean bay that contains Irelands best example of sunken drumlins and one of natures greatest spectacles when viewed from a. The island represents the west coast in miniature form: majestic mountains, clear lakes, expanses of bogs, long unspoilt sandy beaches, picturesque villages and the highest sea cliffs of Ireland. From the countless little nirvanas to the biggest jewel, Clare Island, Clew Bay’s beautiful islands are the stuff. The bay is filled with hundreds of islands, ancient sunken drumlins that were carved out during the Ice Age by melting glaciers. The Pirate Queen's home of Carraigahowley Castle (also know as Rockfleet Castle) and Kildavnet Castle on Achill Island are well worth exploring.Īchill Island is Ireland's largest island and it is accessible from the mainland by bridge. Take to the idyllic waters of Clew Bay to discover islands big and small, inhabited and uninhabited. This section of the Wild Atlantic Way brings us through „Pirate country“ along the shores of Granuaile's or Grace O'Malley's pirate kingdom.
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