Explore County Mayo Beaches and Coastline
County Mayo has a North and West Atlantic coast with Ireland’s largest island, Achill Island, lies off Mayo’s west coast.
Mayo has Ireland’s third highest cliffs, while Sliabh League in Donegal are the highest, Mayo has Croaghaun on the west of Achill island while the Benwee Head cliffs in Kilcommon Erris drop almost perpendicularly 270m (900 feet) down to the Atlantic Ocean.
Mayo Coast Map
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Want some ideas on where to visit?
Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, and places to stay and eat:
Clare Island beach is a small sandy beach right beside the harbour pier on the island. Read more…
Place Tags: Beaches
The National Famine Memorial is a bronze monument in Murrisk to commemorate the millions who perished in the Great Famine. Read more…
Dugort Beach is a small sandy beach located on Achill Island. The area around the beach is within a Special Read more…
Place Tags: Beaches
Clare Island is a mountainous island guarding the entrance to Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. Through the Middle Ages, Clare Island was part of the Read more…
Place Tags: Outdoors - Nature
Ballyglass lifeboat station is one of the newer lifeboat stations and operates both an inshore and offshore boat. The station Read more…
Place Tags: Lifeboats
The Knock Shrine is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and National Shrine where observers stated that there was an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Read more…
Cong Abbey is the ruins of the former Augustinian abbey mostly dating to the 13th century. The remains of Cong Abbey have been Read more…
Place Tags: History - Heritage
National Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park shows traditional ways of life in Ireland through trades, crafts, farming, hunting, fishing, Read more…
Place Tags: Museums
Elly Bay beach is a sandy beach on the Mullet Peninsula which is an important ecological are and recommended for Read more…
Place Tags: Beaches and Blue Flag Awards
Ballycroy National Park is one of the largest expanses of peatland in Europe, consisting of 117.79 square kilometres of Atlantic blanket bog, a unique habitat with a diverse flora Read more…
Place Tags: Outdoors - Nature
Croaghaun is a mountain in County Mayo and at 688 metres it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland as well as the third highest sea cliffs Read more…
Bertra beach is sand, rocks, and pebbles, an exposed shoreline with sand dunes. Read more…
Place Tags: Beaches and Blue Flag Awards













