Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird, the Devil’s Chimney, is listed on the world waterfall database as Ireland’s tallest waterfall at 150m / 492feet. But the fall does not flow in dry weather. Powers-court Waterfall, which we visited just outside of Dublin, is quite a bit shorter at 121m but flows all year so there is some disagreement as to which one should be called the “tallest”.
We could see the fall at a distance from the road, so it was worth the 1.5km hiking trail to get a closer view
In certain weather conditions, when the wind blows from the south, the Devil’s Chimney can be blown back upward and over the cliff from which it falls! The name means ‘stream against the height’.
It wasn’t quite so windy or stormy today, but we definitely saw the water stopping and starting with the gusting wind – it looked like an oscillating sprinkler!
Just down the road is the Glencar waterfall, which provided inspiration to poet William Butler Yeats and featured in his poem ‘The Stolen Child’. It was a quick walk to this overlook.
Benbulben is Ireland’s iconic table mountain, undoubtedly the most distinctive mountain in the country.
We walked through the lovely forest at the base of the rock.
With the crazy winds here in Ireland lately, we have seen hundreds of fallen trees – this is a whole section of smaller trees knocked over.
We took a turn off the main highway to find lunch and ended up driving the scenic Mullaghmore Head drive. The Quay Bar and Grill on Mullaghmore Beach was the end point where we found some more seafood chowder and a really yummy burger.
We ended our day at the Mill Park Hotel in the north of Donegal.
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