Fethard Castle Trail
Grade
Easy
Length
0.8 km
Time
15 minutes
Format
Loop
Ascent
8 m
Dogs Allowed
Yes
Waymarking
Red arrow on white background
Start Point
Fethard Castle
Finish Point
Fethard Castle
Nearest Town to Start
Fethard-on-Sea
Grid Ref.
S 793 051
Lat. and Long.
52.19295, -6.840645
This walk goes along the side of Fethard Castle site, through Grangeville woodlands and over a stream, along Sluice Lane to the village and back to the trail head at Fethard Castle, passing the 15th century castle ruin, RIC barracks ruin, 19th century church and graveyard and crossing the stream by a bridge.
Maps and other information
Trail Management
Tel: 085 8628305
richard.finn0@gmail.com
Facilities
Car parking, shop, restaurant, cafes, tea rooms, pubs, accommodation
OSI Maps
Discovery Series Sheet 76
Public Transportation
Bus
Richard Finn from Wexford
In response to the review of “Louise from Leitrim”
Thank you for visiting our walking Trail in the village of Fethard on Sea and we are disappointed that you chose such a low rating.
The trail is described as woodland and therefore one would not expect a sea view. There are ample views of the sea at the bottom of Main Street at the bridge and cliff walks at Carnivan - less than a kilometre from the village. This is a small peninsula with 13 beaches within 15 kilometres and sea views all over.
We have ambitions to develop more cliff walks but this needs landowner access permissions.
Any rubbish left on the trail is cleaned up daily by CE workers. If you visited in between cleanup times you may have encountered some discarded items at the bridge crossing the stream.
The trail is for the use of all age groups and youths are not discriminated.
Thank you for visiting our walking Trail in the village of Fethard on Sea and we are disappointed that you chose such a low rating.
The trail is described as woodland and therefore one would not expect a sea view. There are ample views of the sea at the bottom of Main Street at the bridge and cliff walks at Carnivan - less than a kilometre from the village. This is a small peninsula with 13 beaches within 15 kilometres and sea views all over.
We have ambitions to develop more cliff walks but this needs landowner access permissions.
Any rubbish left on the trail is cleaned up daily by CE workers. If you visited in between cleanup times you may have encountered some discarded items at the bridge crossing the stream.
The trail is for the use of all age groups and youths are not discriminated.
Louise from Leitrim
Lots of rubbish, youths loitering, we expected a view of the sea when visiting Fethard on Sea
Michael from Dublin