Donegal - Donegal

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Donegal County is a term that indicates a region ofUlster and also an administrative division of the Republic of Ireland.

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Territories and tourist destinations

Urban centers

  • Lifford - County seat.
  • Ardara - Center of textiles where looms and consequently tweeds and sweaters abound.
  • Ballyshannon - A town with many Georgian houses.
  • Bunberg - Center on the coast.
  • Bundoran - Another seaside resort not far from the previous one.
  • Donegal - Town in a deep inlet.
  • Dungloe - Town from where you start to explore the Rosses.
  • Killybegs - A center of fishing but also of manufacturing of precious carpets that adorn some rooms of Dublin Castle.
  • Letterkenny - Large town on the banks of the River Swilly.
  • Malin More - Small resort with many coves and coves in the surroundings.
  • Rossnowlagh - A seaside resort.

Other destinations

  • Glencolumbkille - A valley where the sanctuary of San Colomba attracts many pilgrims.
  • Grianan Ailigh - A 5th century circular stone building just 10km west of the city of Derry (Londonderry)., at the entrance to the Inishoven peninsula.
  • Lough Derg - A lake destination of pilgrimages because, according to tradition, St. Patrick retired there in prayer with the intent of chasing away the evil spirits that infested Ireland.
  • Glenveagh National Park - The park of the Birches (from glen = birch) is among the major attractions of Donegal. It covers a mountainous territory dotted with lakes and woods that attracts a large number of hikers in summer.
  • Rosguill Peninsula'
  • Rosses - A rocky promontory dotted with countless lakes.
  • Slieve League - A stretch of coast that falls overhanging the sea, forming the most impressive cliffs in Europe, and which takes on suggestive colors in the hours before sunset.
  • Tory Island - Tiny windswept island interesting for the proud character of its inhabitants who successfully opposed a government attempt to uproot them from their homes and move them to the mainland.


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