Downpatrick Head (Dun Briste) County Mayo Ireland

DownPatrick Head is a headland between Ballycastle village and the archaeological site of Ceide Fields. It commands breathtaking views on the Atlantic, the Staggs of Broadhaven to the west and high stunning cliffs to the east. Here Saint Patrick founded a church whose ruins can be seen todays. There are also a statue of Saint Patrick erected in the early 1980’s, which replaced a previous one erected in 1912 and a small stone building, used as a lookout post during the Second World War with its stone aerial
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