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Breakwater, built 1819-24, running southeast from Clontarf. Cut granite walls to northwest part, battered to base and splayed to join promenade walls at Clontarf end. Timber bridge over channel, with timber carriageway, supports and parapets, and having cut granite steps to northeast and southwest elevations of wall beyond bridge. Stepped chamfered granite batter to walls adjoining wooden bridge. Uncoursed granite and limestone walls to centre portion, battered to base, with steel railings. Limestone and granite boulders forming wall to southeast portion. Tarmac promenade to top with later bathing shelters, having concrete steps to shore to northeast and southwest elevations. Cut granite slabs and stone setts visible to surface of promenade to either end of bridge. Elevated Marian statue on concrete piers and tiled plinth to end of promenade, dated 1972. Lower half-tide wall, comprising limestone and granite boulders, continuing beyond promenade, terminating at lighthouse.
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