Céide Fields

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• Tommy Aquinas

  02 November 2017

  A very informative place. I'd highly recommend it to history buffs

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• Caroline Halpenny

  18 October 2017

  I visited the Céide Fields on Saturday, it is unbelievable to see , just to know that your standing on lands that out ancestors worked, lived and died on, is empowering . The Céide Fields (Irish: Achaidh Chéide, meaning "flat topped hill fields") is an archaeological site on the north County Mayo coast in the west of Ireland, it is about 8 kilometres northwest of Ballycastle. This site is the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and contains the oldest known field systems in the world. Using various dating methods, it was discovered that the creation and development of the Céide Fields goes back some five and a half thousand years ago. If your traveling that way it is worth a visit , hope you enjoy the photos :) Sláinte.

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• Galway BeerClub

  25 September 2017

  Fab staff that were always helpful and informative about Ceide Fields and everything else we asked them. Lovely restaurant with clean toilets. The staff are so dedicated that they do tours on heavy rain and windy conditions so bring wet weather gear

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• Steve Taylor

  01 September 2017

  Should be good but the site has no information on the site. The information centre is ok but the language in the panels is clumsy and so confusing.
  The centre needs to add info panels to the objects in the field that they feel is important. The customer experience is compromised.
  There is no card facility in site but this is not publicised before hand and when this is pointed out, the staff are quite rude about it. All in all, not worth the €5 pp.

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• Tracey Dunleavy

  12 August 2017

  Amazing to learn settlers farmed the land there 5000 years ago. Spectacular scenery.

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• Charles Stewart

  06 August 2017

  An eye opener about how Ireland's people first appeared and to find such an amazing place by digging peat for this generation of Irish to keep warm.

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• David Williams

  01 April 2017

  Its very much shut. 12:00 on April 1st. No explanation as to why it's closed. Perhaps too early in the season. You can still access the site but with no interpretive signs at all it's tricky to work out what is what; just bog and rocks. Archaeologists April fools joke?

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• Vladimir Rusinov

  29 March 2017

  Seemed closed, but there is awesome observation point for cliffs there. Worth a stop.

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• Shane O'Reilly

  21 March 2017

  Like all the best historical places in Ireland it's a bit out of the way. But well worth it. Amazing bit of our history that doesn't get a lot of coverage. Just great even for the views. Great for kids too and food is good as well. So can just head out the door and go. Works as a half hour stop off or a day out.

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• Dan Haug

  21 September 2016

  This site is amazing. The visitors center is full of very strong interpretive information. The audio-visual presentation is excellent as well. The only down side is that there could have been a little better information in the walk around the bog.
  
  Be sure to walk down to the ocean cliffs overlook across the road from the parking. It's a stunning view!

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• Stairway Landing Sathiyaraj S

  02 August 2016

  Dear friends and viewers this place is a wide range For a coast of a different color, here’s a quietly picturesque view of Ireland’s Céide Fields. The fields comprise an archeological site whose windblown grasses hide a secret from the Stone Age: homes, tombs, and other complex man-made structures dating from nearly 6000 years ago. The visitor center (pictured) leads tours across the blanket bog covering the ancient civilization’s structures, for which it advises guests to wear sturdy shoes.

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