Things to Do

Ballycastle's own sights are the Diamond, the beach and Bonamargy Friary. East of town the coast gets wild quickly: Fair Head and Murlough Bay need a car or strong legs.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Fair Head

Five-kilometre wall of columnar dolerite cliffs, 200 metres high, at the north-eastern corner of Ireland

Sight
02

Murlough Bay

Remote bay between Fair Head and Torr Head, looking across the sea to Rathlin and the Scottish islands

Sight
03

Bonamargy Friary

Ruined Franciscan friary of 1485 on the edge of Ballycastle, burial place of Sorley Boy MacDonnell

Sight
04

Holy Trinity Church

Georgian church of 1756 with an octagonal spire, the centrepiece of Ballycastle's Diamond

Sight