GREAT WESTERN GREENWAY
Other Trails on the Wild Atlantic Way
Rockfleet Castle Trail
19 km
A moderate cycle – a long hike
44m
Derradda – 53.9038696, -9.5867045
Minor roads, bog roadways, Greenway
2.5 hours by bike – 5 hours hiking
Trekking shoes, raingear, fluid & mobile phone
Westport, Newport, Mulranny, Achill
Rockfleet Castle Trail
19 km - moderate
A real treat for the heritage explorer. The trail passes Rockfleet Castle, former home of Granuaile/Grace O’Malley, the 16th century Pirate Queen. St Brendan the Navigator is commemorated at Killeen. There is a well there that bears the saints name. At Newfield the landlord James Hunter was assassinated in 1869.
The Greenway that carries the walker or cyclist back to Derrada was once a railway line that linked Westport and Achill Island, through Newport.
Rockfleet Castle Trail
