Marconi Station & Alcock & Brown Landing Point
Guided Field Trip led by Michael Gibbons, Walking Ireland
Sunday September 28 2025, 10.00 - 13.00
Tickets €15 for adults / €10 Children/Students
Booking via Eventbrite
Meet: Wild Atlantic Way, Signature Discovery Point, Derrigimlagh.
At the heart of Derrigimlagh Bog lies the historic Marconi Station the site of the world’s first transatlantic wireless transmission and the landing spot for the Alcock & Brown first transatlantic non-stop flight. In 1905, Guglielmo Marconi stood on this remote stretch of Connemara, envisioning electromagnetic waves traversing the Atlantic to Newfoundland, unhindered by distance or ocean. From this marshy red shore, he built the world’s largest and most powerful wireless station of its era, embedding his legacy in Ireland’s boglands. Walkers will have the opportunity to explore this unique and now unseen industrial landscape, hidden beneath the peat of Connemara.
Project credits
For this Wild Atlantic Way, Signature Discovery Point, Denis Byrne Architects in association with TTT, thirtythreetrees, created a 5km looped walk, visitor experience at the Marconi Station, (1907-1922), and landing site of Alcock & Brown’s historic first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919). A series of ‘Hides’ have been installed, forming compact shelters containing interpretative content.
Architect: Denis Byrne Architects in Association with TTT (thirtythreetrees)
Awards: RIAI Irish Architecture Awards - Place of the Year, Winner 2017