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Caption: IRELAND Downpatrick head
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Caption: Downpatrick Head is located 3 miles north of Ballycastle village standing 126ft above the sea with fantastic views of the Atlantic, the Staggs of Broadhaven and high cliffs along the shore.
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Caption: This is the perfect place to stretch your legs with an invigorating coastal walk during your road trip.
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Caption: The name Downpatrick is derived from a time when St Patrick himself founded a church here. You can still see the ruins of the church building, a stone cross and holy well here today. This was once a popular pilgrim destination, and today the crowds still gather here on the last Sunday of July β known as Garland Sunday β to hear mass at this sacred site.
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Caption: You can see the sea foam flying from the well.
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Caption: Irelandβs patron saint is also honoured with a statue that was built in the early 1980s.
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Caption: This sea-stack is called DΓΊn Briste (broken fort).
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Caption: This Structure has excellent views of the Wild Atlantic Ocean.
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Caption: Photo showing the distance of the rock from the shore Local legend says that when a pagan chieftain refused to covert to Christianity, St Patrick struck the ground with his crozier, splitting a chunk of the headland off into the ocean, with the chieftain on top!
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Caption: The sea stack is beautiful to behold because you can see the layers upon layers of multi-coloured rock strata.
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Caption: Personally I think it looks like a piece of chocolate cake π° ππ
