Listen on the Causeway Coast

You’re standing in places shaped by time, weather, and human lives.These short audio stories are written to be listened to where they happened — quietly, without a tour or guide.Choose a place below.

• Kinbane Castle

• Dunluce Castle

• Giants Causeway

• Bonamargy Friary

• Mussenden Temple

• Dunseverick Castle

• Carrick-a-rede

• Ballintoy Harbour

• Glenarm Castle

• Glenariff Forest

Kinbane Castle

Kinbane sits on a narrow white headland above the sea.
Exposed. Isolated. Chosen anyway.
These short audio stories are written to be heard here, while you stand among the ruins.
Choose a spot.
Let the place do the rest.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Giants Causeway

The Giant’s Causeway has been photographed, explained, and crowded.
This isn’t another guide.
This is a set of three short audio stories, written to be listened to on the stones themselves —
stories that lower the noise instead of adding to it.
No trivia.
No instructions.
No rushing.
Just attention.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Bonamargy Friary

Bonamargy Friary is a quieter place, set inland along the River Bann, where faith, routine, and shelter shaped daily life. Unlike castles and cliffs, this was a place of repetition rather than defence — of prayer, labour, and community. These audio stories listen for the small human rhythms that once filled these walls, and for the stillness that remains.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Mussenden Temple

Mussenden Temple was built for thought, solitude, and the view —
a small, circular library set deliberately on the edge of the world.
It stands where land gives way to air, and where ideas once mattered
enough to be placed above the sea. These short listens explore the
intention behind this place, the people who shaped it, and what it
means to build something beautiful where nothing is meant to last.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Dunseverick Castle

You’re standing where one of the oldest strongholds on this coast once watched the sea.
Little remains now, but this headland has seen arrival, conflict, and slow erosion over centuries. These short audio stories invite you to pause and imagine what once stood here — and what time has quietly taken away.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Ballintoy Harbour

You’re standing in a harbour shaped by work as much as weather.
Boats have sheltered here for generations, leaving and returning with the rhythms of tide and season. These short audio stories invite you to pause and notice the lives and labour that have long connected this small harbour to the wider sea.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Glenarm Castle

You’re standing beside one of the oldest continuously lived-in estates on this coast.
Glenarm has watched centuries of change pass between the hills and the sea, shaped by land, inheritance, and the people who worked and lived here. These short audio stories invite you to pause and notice the quieter histories held within these grounds.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Carnlough

You’re standing in a village shaped by harbour, quarry, and coast.
For generations, stone, sea, and industry defined life here, connecting Carnlough to places far beyond this small harbour. These short audio stories invite you to pause and notice the working lives and quiet resilience that still shape the village today.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
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Cushendall

You’re standing where hills, river, and sea meet in one of the largest villages of the Glens.
Cushendall has long been a place of gathering, trade, and community along this sheltered stretch of coast. These short audio stories invite you to pause and notice the rhythms of life that continue between mountain and shore.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
[email protected]

Carrick-a-rede Bridge

You’re standing where fishermen once crossed this narrow gap above the sea in search of salmon moving along the coast.
The rope bridge was built for work, not spectacle, linking mainland and island across a stretch of restless water. These short audio stories invite you to pause and notice the balance of risk, skill, and routine that shaped life here for generations.

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
[email protected]

Glenariff Forest

You’re standing within a valley shaped by water, woodland, and time.
Glenariff offers shelter from the open coast, its paths following rivers and waterfalls that have carved this landscape over thousands of years. These short audio stories invite you to slow down and listen to a place where movement and stillness exist together

This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
[email protected]

Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle is often seen as a ruin on a cliff, but it was once a living place — loud with kitchens, voices, work, and worry. Built where the land ends abruptly, life here was shaped by exposure, power, and the constant presence of the sea. These stories step away from dates and battles, and instead listen for the ordinary lives, sudden losses and moments that still cling to the stone.

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This audio is part of a quiet storytelling series created for the Causeway Coast.Created by Gail
[email protected]

Kinbane Castle

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — Stand Here With Me

🎧 Listen 2 — Return to the Place

🎧 Listen 3 — Presence

Dunluce Castle

Bonamargy Friary

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — After the Wind▶︎ Click Play

🎧 Listen 2 — The Cloistered Steps▶︎Click Play

🎧 Listen 3 — The Stones Remember▶︎Click Play

Mussenden Temple

Glenarm Castle

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — The Long View▶︎ Click Play

🎧 Listen 2 — Lives Within Walls▶︎ Click Play

🎧 Listen 3 — Staying Power▶︎ Click Play

Carrick-a-rede Bridge

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — Crossing for Salmon▶︎Click Play

🎧 Listen 2 — Days on the Island▶︎ Click Play

🎧 Listen 3 — When the Wind Rose▶︎ Click Play

Glenariff Forest

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — The Shape of the Valley▶︎Click Play

🎧 Listen 2 — The Waterfall Paths▶︎Click Play

🎧 Listen 3 — Shelter in the Glen▶︎Click Play

Dunseverick Castle

Quiet audio stories for this placeStand here. Be still. Press play.🎧 Listen 1 — The First Stronghold▶︎ Click Play

🎧 Listen 2 — A Place Worth Taking▶︎Click Play

🎧 Listen 3 — What the Sea was always Doing▶︎ Click Play

Ballintoy Harbour