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The southern approach to Crohy Head curls round the headland's central mountains, looking down to a rocky shelf of coastline from which plumes of spray rise like geysers. As you come round the headland to the final leg, you'll first see the three-storey An Oige An Chruach hostel (Easter-Sept; tel 075/21950, mailbox@anoige.ie ), then the domed outline of Arranmore Island comes into view, lying close to the Rosses coast. The hillside below the road can be dangerous at points because of a remarkable landslip known as the tholla brista (broken earth), but this, and the great sea stack known as an briste (the breeches), make the headland an even more dramatic experience for the walker. The one-pub fishing village of MAGHERY lies at the foot of the north side of the headland. Its most unusual feature is the tall wall that runs by the abandoned mansion house at the far side of the short strand: called the Famine Wall , this windbreak was built by the villagers for the landlord, who devised the task so that he could pay them a wage as famine relief.
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