#slievemore

The famous deserted village on Slievemore mountain at Achill Island. These are the remnants of ~100 cottages abandoned in the early 20th century, for reasons not entirely clear, but probably to do with a combination of lifestyle pattern change, echoes of the Famine, and so on. Settlements in this area go back at least to the 12th century. In the distance, the sea at Minaun mountain is visible.

Cairn on Slievemore with Croghaun the distance An imposing monolith over the village of Dugort, Slievemore is located along the northern coast of Achill Island, standing at 671 metres – 18 metres lower than its westerly neighbour, Croaghaun. But when climbing Slievemore, you are climbing every one of those metres… The sunny route, looking over Dugort Sea-level carparking is available at the…