Our guide, Pat Sweeney, was your typical Irishman, with a new tale at every turn. He's one of the farmers whose land we walked through on a walking path that he's helped to create to encourage tourism. it's been a success. The visitors centre has recorded 1.5 million people visiting in 2018.
One of the highlights was seeing some puffins that roost on the edge of the cliffs below the walking track.
We finished our tour where we started, at O'Connells Pub in Doolin, where this weekend an Irish Folk Music festival is being held, so we had to stop and have a cool drink while we listened to an Irish group perform.
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| 13 deaths last year and 4 so far this year to June |
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| The path will be 23 km long when finished. About 7 Km to go. |
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| Doonagore Castle |
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| Doonagore Castle above the keystone of the bridge |
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| Our guide, Pat Sweeney |
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| The path follows the cliff edge, sometimes even closer than this! |
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| Mudstone Rocks on the little cliffs |
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| Swimming hole formed by sea inlet |
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| Horses grazing by the path |
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| Horses grazing by the path |
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| Stone bridge over stream. This was washed away by a flash flood a few years ago and rebuilt a little higher. |
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Mudstone (shale) Cliffs |
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| Cliffs rising 300 feet above the water |
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| Razorbills and gulls nest on the cliffs |
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| Waterfall |
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| Waterfall |
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| Puffins nesting on lower edges of the cliffs |
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| Puffins nesting on lower edges of the cliffs. |
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| Puffins nesting on lower edges of the cliffs |
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| One spot where extra caution was required as we crossed with only 20 centimetres or so of path to put our feet. |
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| One of several very steep climbs |
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| the crowds grew as we approached the Visitor centre where cars and buses stop so passengers can climb up to the cliffs |
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| Irish band at O'Connells pub on Saturday afternoon. |
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