Description
Glenlough Bay, Slievetooey Massif, County Donegal, Ireland
Glenlough Bay is a shingle beach hidden along the remote coastline of west Donegal. Located off-grid almost 3km from An Port, this gem is totally inaccessible by car or path. To reach it you must hike across some very steep ocean cliffs and ridges for a couple of hours. It’s one of Ireland’s most wild and remote locations.
The giant sea stacks on this bay have gained it the nickname ‘The Land of the Giants’ due to their gigantic presence standing in row guarding this beach from the all-powerful Atlantic waves! The giant rock stack nearest on the left is called Tormor Island, standing at 148 meters! it’s actually the largest sea stack in Ireland.
If you look closely around the base of these cliffs you will see many caves tunneled into the rock. Some of these sea caves travel and connect with other caves. If you also look at the base of Tormor sea stack you will notice a broad dark grey rock band wrapped around it which is totally different from the rest of the formating rock. This layer of almost black rock is actually the deposits from ancient volcanic eruptions that lasted thousands of years in earth’s ancient past. Geology is fascinating to observe and wonder over…..
