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Slieve League
Irish: Sliabh Liag
Highest point
Elevation	601 m (1,972 ft)
Listing	Marilyn
Geography
Location	Donegal, Ireland
OSI/OSNI grid	G544784

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. Less famous than the Cliffs of Moher, in County Clare, Slieve League reaches almost three times higher than Clare's famous attraction.

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.

Slieve League panorama

Road to viewpoint

Slieve League is often photographed from a viewpoint that can be reached by a very narrow road called One Man's Path 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. As of December 2009, the road was impassable to cars (but passable to walkers) due to road collapse and subsequent construction work.

Image gallery

• 
  Slieve League's eastern end
• One Man's Path
  One Man's Path
• The entrance to One Man's Path
  The entrance to One Man's Path
• 
  Looking down
• Across the top
  Across the top

External links

• More pictures of cliffs
• 360 Panorama Views