Sliabh Liag - One Of The Highest Sea Cliffs In Europe

Sliabh Liag known as the highest accessible sea cliffs in Europe reaching a height of 1,972 feet that is almost twice as high as the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Corrie Lake Sliabh Liag

Sliabh Liag is located in South West Donegal, approximately 3 hours drive from Belfast, 3 hours from Galway and 4 hours from Dublin. Donegal is the most northerly county of Ireland on the North West Coast.

The Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger wrote in 1939

A tall mountain of nearly 2000 feet, precipitous on its northern side, has been devoured by the sea till the southern face forms a precipice likewise, descending on this side right into the Atlantic from the long knife-edge which forms the summit. The traverse of this ridge, the "One Man's Path", is one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland - not actually dangerous, but needing a good head and careful progress on a stormy day....The northern precipice, which drops 1500 feet into the coomb surrounding the Little Lough Agh, harbours the majority of the alpine plants of Slieve League, the most varied group of alpines to be found anywhere in Donegal.

Watch this breathtaking drone footage below by Joe Langan.

Did you know?

Studies of plate tectonics tell us that Ireland once had a very different setting within world geography. In fact some 450 million years ago north-west Ireland belonged to a landmass (Laurentia) that is now mainly represented in North America, whereas the rest of Ireland lay beyond an ocean several thousand miles to the south and belonged to another plate. As the two plates moved toward each other, a mountain-building phase developed that is sometimes known as the Caledonian or Caledonide.

Reference Ireland and Plate Tectonics (askaboutireland.ie)

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Reference Slieve League - Wikipedia