Week 4
Tour of Kildavnet and Achill Beg
This tour explores the southern part of Achill, beginning with the wonderful 15th Century Tower House and Old Church at Kildavnet. We then head down to the Cloughmore Pier where we will travel to the small island of Achill Beg in a traditional skin boat, a currach. Achill Beg was abandoned in the mid-twentieth century and has a wide array of archaeological sites including 19th and 20th-century buildings, a late prehistoric shell midden, a large Early Medieval ecclesiastical enclosure, and several promontory forts. At the end of the day, we will return to Dooagh via the spectacular Atlantic Drive.