Ireland
- Sightseeing - Donegal
County
Donegal,
or "Tír Chonaill" by its gaelic name, offers 200
miles of scenic coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The natural
wonders and the spectacular scenery of Donegal landscape brings
visitors to the Glencolmcille Peninsula, Ardara and to the Donegal
Highlands: Errigal Mountain, Lough Beagh and Lough Gartan. Donegal
is the strongest county in terms of Gaelic speakers.
Places of Interest in Donegal
Glencolmcille
Folk Village Museum
Tel: + 353 73 30 017
Fax: + 353 73 30 334
E-mail: folkmus@indigo.ie
Donegal Castle
Castle Street
Donegal
Tel: +353 73 22 405
15th
century castle stronghold for the O'Donnell clan.
Guns
of Dunree Military Museum
Dunree
Buncrana
Tel: +353 77 61 817
Buncrana Music Festival
Main
Street
Buncrana
Tel: + 353 77 62 796
Usually
in the third week of July.
Inch Castle
Inch
Island
Buncrana
Tel:
+ 353 77 74 933
Ardara Heritage Centre
Donegal Tweed Museum
Ardara
Tel: + 353 75 41 704
Assaroe Abbey
12th century monastery
The Watermills
Ballyshannon
Tel: + 353 72 51 580
The Abbey Mill
Ballyshannon
Tel: + 353 72 51 580
Wildlife, Scenery and Nature in Donegal
Donegal Bay
Website: Donegal
Bay
Glenveagh National Park
Website:
Glenveagh
National Park
Mamore
Gap
Scenic drive from Buncrana to Urris
Urris
Buncrana
Tel: + 353 77 74 933
Aughross Cliffs
Bundoran
Tel: + 353 72 41 350
Tory Island
Tory Island is 11km long and mainly populated by Gaelic speaking
people.
Dunree Bay
Dunree
Buncrana
Tel: + 353 77 20 020
