The Devil's Coach Road is a gouge, a deep cleft, running down from Slieve Beg in the Mournes. According to a Mourne walking blog, locals believed that the devil would come up from the Underworld by this route to cause havoc among them. A 1901 account of Mourne also mentions the cliffs of the Devil's Coach-road above the pass on the Brandy Paths.
Folklore & legend
The Devil's Coach Road
The Devil's Coach Road, below Slieve Beg, Mourne Mountains
Place-name tradition
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Public footpath only
- Location
- 54.179, -5.972 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Northern Ireland Wildlife blog, "Tall tales in the high places" [other]; Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal, "The Ancient Kingdom of Mourne" (1901) [other]
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