There is a splendid view from the head of the pass across the green glaciated valley, enclosed by steep, rugged mountains. Hairpin bends carry the road down to the river.

Father James McDyer (who died in 1987) had the idea of founding a co-operative and reconstructing a folk village of old, in order to obtain funds for his impoverished parish. Three cabins were joined to display domestic utensils, weaving looms, spinn..