North Mayo 1-Day Tour
Dates Available
19th May 2012
7th July 2012
Description
North Mayo Tour: Price €125 pp
Drive to Mullranny from Achill and take the scenic route along the coast to North Mayo, viewing the spectacular vista ot the north face of Slievemore Mountain.
Stop at the world-famous Ceide Fields Visitor Centre, view the Video presentation and avail of a Guided Tour of the Neolithic Field walls.
Travel on towards Ballycaste, stopping to see the tallest (now Christianised) standing stone in Ireland.
Continue on to the Brestagh Ogham Stone which stants 8 feet tall and is incised with the earliest known writing in Ireland.
Vist Rathfran Dominican Friary, founded in A.D. 1274 and the nearby Neolithic / Early Bronze AGe Rathfran Wedge Tomb
Continue to the town of Killala to view the Round Tower that dates to the 9th / 10th Century A.D.
Return to Achill via Ballina.