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Slieve League
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Slieve League

54°N / 8°W
Region
Co. Donegal
Season
May — Sep
Difficulty
Demanding
Max Elevation
596 m
— Field notes

"Among the highest sea cliffs in Europe — nearly 600 metres of wet rock dropping straight into the Atlantic."

Slieve League sits on the remote south-west tip of Donegal. Its sea cliffs are nearly three times the height of the Cliffs of Moher and almost no one knows about them, which is the way we prefer it.

We walk the One Man's Pass — a narrow cliff-edge route along the top — on a calm-weather day, and spend the rest of the week exploring Glencolmcille and the old abandoned Gaeltacht villages of the coast.

Donegal is the least visited part of Ireland by a good margin. It deserves more.

— On this route
  • 01One Man's Pass ridge walk (weather dependent)
  • 02Glencolmcille folk village visit
  • 03Private boat below the cliffs
  • 04Stay in a traditional Donegal thatched cottage
Plan this expedition
— Trail map / field survey
▲ 847m▲ 729m▲ 612mLoch1GLENCOLMCILLEDAY 1 · 1KM2ONE MAN'S PASSDAY 2 · 2KM3SUMMITDAY 3 · 2KM4CARRICKDAY 4 · 1KMN0510 KMSlieve League — Field SurveyEST. 2009 · HORIZON FIELD BUREAU
Stations · 4 stops
Total Days
4
Distance
6 km
Elevation
+586 m