20. Port Marsh and Ballyness Bay

See #19 Glenveagh National Park directions. Pass the park entrance on your left. Turn right at Falcaragh sign. Following this beautiful valley road, Muckish Mountain should be on your right. Come into Falcaragh and turn left (so Ballyness Bay is on your right side). Drive through Falcaragh, then turn right off of N56 at N.W. Passage sign following Coast Road and Bloody Foreland sign. Pass through Gortahork and bare right, following Coast Road and Bloody Foreland sign. When three islands and a beautiful beach are in sight, look for a small green and white sign for Tory Island Cruiser. Turn right here, down a steep hill to a jetty. Park to the right of the jetty. (Aprx Round Trip Walk - to point and back - 1.5 hours). The grassy area between the beach dunes at Port Marsh and Ballyness Bay is excellent for camping. The beach, overlooking the islands of Inishbofin, Inishdooey, and Inishbeg has to be one of the most beautiful in the world. (Aprx Round Trip - excluding Glenveagh National Park - 6 hours)

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