Tóin an tSeanbhaile is one of the flattest places on Achill Island,[3] a shallow plain encircled by low hills[4] which is bordered mostly by the sea, with Ridge Point to the north, and Sruhill Lough to the south.

A machair exists near Lough Doo, which has been designated a Special Area of Conservation by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, under the European Habitats Directive.

[10] Much of the southern townland was designated a Natural Heritage Area by Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, in 2007 due to its importance as a hyperoceanic blanket bog habitat.

[15] John Goodacre sold the 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) of land around Tóin an tSeanbhaile which had been bought by his father,[16] Frederick Lambart, 8th Earl of Cavan in the early 1870s.

[25] The Veiled Woman of Achill published in 2012 [26] A 1998 film, Love and Rage, starring Daniel Craig as Lynchehaun, and Greta Scacchi as Agnes MacDonnell, was made.

[32] Further inshore, species commonly sighted include whooper swan, wigeon, teal, mallard, coot, lapwing, curlew, little grebe, grey heron, red-breasted merganser and light-bellied brent goose.

[6] A report on the area by the National Parks and Wildlife service further details The lake in the south-east corner of the site supports pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum), bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) and bulbous rush (Juncus bulbosus) and a marginal flush that is extensive in parts.

O'Brien Park, home ground of Achill Rovers,[36] a Roman Catholic church, a pier and blue flag beaches,[32] a pitch and putt course,[37] as well as a bar and hostel.