Sleive league Circut.

Today looks like it’s going to be a cracker of a day so we’re going on a circuit to sleeve league cliffs and the surrounding areas.

First off is Killybegs. The biggest fishing port in Ireland. Not the most inspiring town but they did have huge fishing boats there. Next we tried to find the secret waterfall but after walking down a very steep driveway to a rocky beach where you had to go 350 meters down the beach over slippery rocks and if the tide is coming in you might get stuck, we gave it a miss.

Sleeve league was next on the list. They have the road up to the cliffs blocked off and I was thing oh god it’s a long way to walk. But thank goodness the security guard said we could still walk up as long as we’d paid the parking fee. The cliffs were as beautiful a so remember them. Not many people up here yet so we had free rang with the photos.

Malin Beg and Silver Strands were both spectacular, so May gorgeous ocean views along the drive and the beach was a perfect golden sand beach, down a steep staircase of 175 Steps. Bet it’s a Mecca for families down there in the summer months.

We stopped at Glencolmeille Folk Village for lunch and a much needed lol stop. What a great job they’ve done building replicas of thatch roof cottages from the 1700s to the 1900s including schools, pubs and fisherman cottages.

Last stop for the day was Ardara where we called into a Eddie Doherty’s workshop to watch the weavers demonstration. A dying art thanks to the invention of computer controlled weaving but so fascinating to watch. Eddie has been weaving for 67 years and can weave a meter of fabric in an hour. There is a whisky distillery in Ardara as well and we had a brief stop there for a tasting. Graham had the full tasting of whisky and gin and the girls and I had a gin tasting.Read more