Walking in footsteps of saints at Ardmore

WALKING this route on the glorious Sunday of June 22, the cliff path took my wife and I above Ardmore’s golden sands, crowded with holidaymakers.

Across the bay was Mine Head and below us yachts sailed the deep blue sea.

Leaving the trailhead, we keep the sea on our left and pass St Declan’s Church, named for the 5th century saint who Christianised the Decies people before St Patrick’s arrival in AD 431. Ardmore is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland.