Portnaboe

Portnaboe is a bay in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Giant’s Causeway and Dunluce Castle.

Giant’s Causeway

Giant's Causeway is a spectacular series of rock formations on the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The site stretches for 2-3 miles, with some 40,000 basalt columns rising out of the sea.

Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacQuillan. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim, and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland.

Giant’s Causeway and Bushmills Railway

Railway station

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The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line is two miles long.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bushmills and Portrush.

Bushmills

Photo: Ryan kirk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bushmills is a village historically in County Antrim, near the coast 60 miles north of Belfast. Its two big attractions are the Old Bushmills Distillery within the village, and Giant's Causeway 3 miles northeast, so in summer it's very touristy.

Portrush

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Portrush is a resort town on the north coast of Northern Ireland, historically within County Antrim and nowadays part of Causeway Coast and Glens District.