Carrowteige – Children of Lír Loop

Hiking Moderate

County

Mayo

Distance

10.7 km

Duration

2.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Total Ascent

180 m

Activity

Hiking

At the trailhead

  • Parking · Carrowteigue Village
  • Dogs allowed

This is a beautiful wild coastal walk in a landscape of bog and windswept mountainside with stirring seaward panoramas from towering cliff edges. It follows surfaced roadway, grassy tracks and paths and brings you past the Children of Lir sculpture.

Download GPX Route data: Get Ireland Active – Sport Ireland

Elevation profile

02550751001250 km4 km8.1 km125 m

Elevation data: EU-DEM 25 m © European Union, Copernicus. Profile follows the main waymarked line.

Along the way

Viewpoints

Heritage & points of interest

Food & drink

Nature & wildlife

Herring GullChoughCommon Carder BeeGreen-veined WhiteWheatear

Data sources: map & points of interest © OpenStreetMap contributors · facilities from Get Ireland Active – Sport Ireland · species via GBIF · protected areas via NPWS.

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