“Mullaghmore was actually the first big wave I ever surfed,” Ben Larg tells me. He was 14 at the time. Ben is calling from ...

If you don't, you should not be out there. Mullaghmore Head is a fearsome goliath of a barrel, but only for a handful of driven nutcases. It is among the big wave wonders of the world. Incredibly ...

Last year von Rupp traveled to Ireland for an XL swell hitting Mullaghmore Head and was slapped with 12 hours of transit. “It’s pretty crazy what we do, just to get one barrel,” he said ...

And what more can be said about the 4km looped walk at Mullaghmore, probably the most photographed spot in Sligo, with its views of Classiebawn Castle and with Benbulben rising to the rear.

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Mullaghmore House is a Grade B listed Georgian building on a four acre site on the outskirts of Omagh. It dates back to Plantation times and has been been a parent house to Knock-Na-Moe Castle.

All this before putting on thick neoprene from head to toe and facing howling offshore Mullaghmore. At this point in the winter, the air temp around Mullaghmore hovers in the mid-to -ow 40 ...