The Beautiful Sheep's Head Peninsula. Small. Perfect.
Leave Bantry on the N71. Shortly after passing the Westlodge Hotel on your left, turn right onto a narrow road with signs for Kilcrohane and Goat's Path. Stay on that road, with Bantry Bay on your right. Eventually you will have to climb to your left, following signs for Kilcrohane and Fionn Mac Cumhaill's Seat. There are parking spaces here on this high point and also a calvary group. Walk behind the statues and follow the waymarkers (yellow painted tops) but first consult the maps that are displayed here.On our visit (24.03.22), the path was mostly rocky, and otherwise hard and mostly dry. The posts are easy to spot, certainly from one to the next, sometimes you can see two or three in a row. The path takes you along the lower ridge and eventually to a higher ridge. We didn't get that far, happy enough with a walk to the 9th or 10th post in from the car park.
There are outstanding views. On your left, you have Bantry Bay and the Beara Peninsula. On your right, you will see Kilcrohane village below and beyond that Dunmanus Bay and the Mizen peninsula. We had fantastic weather and that helped enormously. For more on Sheep's Head and the many superb walks (short and long) available, read here.
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| Bantry Bay |
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On the Sheep's Head. Look closely and you'll see another waymarker
in the distance. The two white dots are in the car park by the trailhead. |
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| Bantry Bay to the left |
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| Info at trailhead. |
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| Enjoying the view; The Beara peninsula and Bantry Bay. |
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| The lighthouse near Castletownbere |
Short video from Sheep's Head with Bantry Bay to the left,
Dunmanus Bay to the right.
Also on this trip
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