‘Muckross Head Peninsula’

Muckross is one of the finest headlands in Donegal, a true gem of a place. It has two small beaches named “white beach” and directly across is “beach of the noise”. To the right can be found the overseeing Muckross Hill and behind in the distance is The Slieve League cliffs mountain ridge.

Muckross Head is a prime example of earth’s tectonic forces, leaving fossil evidence that our islands crust was once very active. Muckross headland is fascinating, with its enormous almost vertical cliff face created by of millions of years of seabed geologically compressed into sandstone layers. Each layer has a distinctive colour which is packed with fossils from extinct plants & sea creatures from an era when Ireland was once a warm tropical island situated near the equator line.

Sadly over time, continental drift slowly drifted us northwards straight into the cold & rain but at least it helped create this lush green landscape we have today