Slieve League

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Name = Slieve League
"Irish: Sliabh Liag"
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Elevation = 601 m (1972 feet)
Location = Donegal, Ireland
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Located on the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, Slieve League (Irish: "Sliabh Liag"), at 601 metres, has Ireland's second highest sea cliffs, after Croaghaun on Achill Island and Europe's sixth-highest.

The Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger wrote in 1939::"A tall mountain of nearly 2000 feet, precipitous on its northern side, has been devoured by the sea till the southern face forms a precipice likewise, descending on this side right into the Atlantic from the long knife-edge which forms the summit. The traverse of this ridge, the "One Man's Path", is one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland - not actually dangerous, but needing a good head and careful progress on a stormy day....The northern precipice, which drops 1500 feet into the coomb surrounding the Little Lough Agh, harbours the majority of the alpine plants of Slieve League, the most varied group of alpines to be found anywhere in Donegal."

Road to viewpoint

Slieve League is often photographed from a viewpoint that can be reached by a very narrow road that departs from Teelin. The final few kilometers of this memorable road is built along a precipice and includes several places where the road turns at the crest of a rise.

External links

* [http://www.brilliantireland.com/products/inc_productdetails.cfm/product_key/35 More pictures of cliffs]