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    Easkey - Front Door

    Easkey

    4.0(2 reviews)
    26.8 km

    Driving through miles and miles of verdant farmland criss-crossed with hand-set rock walls,…read morevillages and sheep, a tower comes into view. Totally isolated and perching over the rocky shores like a great, dark, bird of prey, I'm reminded of how violent these coasts were at one time instead of the fun-packed surf-spot-with-a-view they are today. Born and raised in California, to sit on a surfboard out beyond the reef and see this ancient castle dominating Hobbit-land was fucking unreal. Instead of rocks, houses, trees or piers to mark where I needed to paddle to catch waves, I was gauging my location with a castle! That's just about as cool as it gets. Oh and yeah, the water is effing cold but it burns off quickly enough as you paddle against the currents and a pub, as always, is never too far away. I believe this castle is called "O'Dowd Castle". http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=easkey%20ireland&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEasky&ei=DJh0UeKIGcmgigLxnoDYCg&usg=AFQjCNHk3-j8XdCV6dCa7ndESmEsKJ3RNA&sig2=p_yoNBX-wu_1sb8uqNwo4g&bvm=bv.45512109,d.cGE I mentioned in my Sandhouse review that I'd met Barry Britton, Ireland's artist and surfer and he named one of his daughters after it so it's a precious place in more ways than one. Easkey is also Ireland's #1 female surfer. Her roots began right here. As with any surf spot anywhere, you won't have any problems if you put on your happy face, respect the pecking-order and charge it. Remember, you're on their turf and in their surf. And they have the leprechauns on their side with all that magic faerie dust to blow in your face. (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=easkey%20ireland&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD8QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgTKnGDMCQxw&ei=DJh0UeKIGcmgigLxnoDYCg&usg=AFQjCNF09TSeqmjtBqd3hus7Ou8TRtBuOg&sig2=m9Qh-ENtJQ-CNFpvvwDKHA&bvm=bv.45512109,d.cGE)

    A beautiful castle (tower) dating back to 1207 on a rocky coast. Popular surfing spot. Worth…read morestopping to get a picture or two next to crashing waves.

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    Easkey - Easkey Britton, Ireland's #1 female surfer.

    Easkey Britton, Ireland's #1 female surfer.

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    Downpatrick Head

    Downpatrick Head

    5.0(2 reviews)
    71.7 km

    Who knows if you're even supposed to review these kind of things on Yelp, but I'll give it a shot…read moreuntil someone takes it down. If you've visited Ceide Fields nearby, your tour guide might have pointed out Downpatrick Head, a sea stack off the coast. If your tour guide was like mine, they mention it in passing, making you think that it's some place you "can't get to from here" or is on a private estate where people aren't welcome. Wrong. Drive to Ballycastle, turn north-ish on Dominick Street, and dead reckon (or follow Google Maps) to the end of the road, which leaves you in a gravel parking lot. An easy hike up a trail and through the hassock filled fields will bring to the sea cliffs which are absolutely, positively stunning. The towering sea stack is even taller than the point where the land runs out, and the visible rock layers are really something. The cliffs are being undermined by the sea, to the point where chunks of the land are collapsing in to form enormous blowholes, which, unlike the sheer sea cliffs, are completely fenced off for safety. As I think a website I found later points out, if it's windy, stay back. And probably lock the kids in the car, or you'll be going home one fewer. There's nothing to stop you from falling in to the ocean, probably a bad thing since the closer you get to the edge, the better your view of the next finger of land jutting out in to the sea is. Just a little further and you'd have a better view of the layered cliffs or the wave smashing in to the sea caves that underpin the very cliff you're standing on... There were even people fishing off the high cliffs the day we were there - absolutely bonkers, since even a tug on your line might set you off balance, and these guys were insanely close to the edge. You simply cannot miss this spot. It's undersold, at least by my guide, at Ceide Fields, and since it's super easy to get to, and absolutely awe inspiring, I can't imagine having missed this. We just stood at the cliffs edge and marveled at the sight. Good thing I left my DSLR in Chicago...I'm the guy taking vacation photos with a cell phone that I'm usually making fun of.

    We spotted the sea stack at Downpatrick Head from Céide Fields and we just had to go see it…read more Following the sign posts, we arrived at a wind swept seafront. The waves were crazy in the bay. Mesmerising when you watched them come in for a few minutes. Further on and a little bit of a trek through some farmland is the head and sea stack. It's so worth the journey. Especially when the sea and weather was as wild as it was on this occasion. The noise was deafening. The wind a tad frighting. The foam was flying. The sea stack was awesome. Rain wind or shine, go there. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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