Oakfield Park is a private estate of 100 acres with an award-winning garden and a small railway running through it. The garden is impressive, with...

Established in 1999, Cavanacor Gallery has established a remarkable reputation in a short period of time. It has already shown the work of some of...

Described as one of the finest courthouses in Ireland, Lifford Old Courthouse is also one of the oldest – built in 1746. Today, its guided...

The largest indoor activity centre in Ireland’s North West offers an impressive range of children’s activities. Catering for kids from toddlers to 12-year-olds, it has...

This is a complex of industrial buildings going back 400 years. It has one of the largest waterwheels in Ireland, which is powered by the...

Letterkenny’s former workhouse is now the place to find out all about County Donegal. The Donegal County Museum occupies two floors of this fine stone...

Letterkenny’s former workhouse is now the place to find out all about County Donegal. The Donegal County Museum occupies two floors of this fine stone...

Ramelton’s buildings are spread engagingly along the banks of the River Leannan. One of them is home to Donegal Ancestry Centre, a research and heritage...

Saint Colmcille, the father of Irish Monasticism, was born in County Donegal. This heritage centre tells the story of his life with flair. Banners, stained...

The County Donegal Railway network is legendary. Its arteries were once a lifeline for the county’s most isolated rural communities. Most of the 200-mile network...

Glebe House has the world-famous Derek Hill Collection of 20th-century paintings. Some 300 works by artists including Picosso, Yeats, Renoir and Kokoshka can be seen...

Birds and birdwatchers flock to Inch Island - in winter enough swans and geese arrive to make the island an internationally important habitat for...

In 1607 the Earls of Ulster left Ireland on a small ship bound for Spain to rally support against the English. They never returned. The...

Ardnamona is a naturalistic 19th-century National Heritage Garden. Sir Arthur Wallace first created the typical Victorian landscape in the 1880s from a wilderness. He used...

Donegal’s old railway connected the remote communities of County Donegal, carrying everyone from fishermen to farmers. It is now closed, but visitors can relive its...

Mullioned, gabled and turreted, Donegal Castle is a good example of Jacobean architecture. It also has 14 fireplaces. Sir Basil Brooke rebuilt the Castle in...

Portsalon has the second most beautiful beach in the world, according to the Observer. Its wedge of golden sand sweeps gently under the Atlantic amidst...

Kilclooney Dolmen has one of the largest Capstones in Ireland. The 13-feet-long slab tops a very fine example of a portal tomb. Tilting elegantly towards...

Lough Swilly is a long passage of nearly land-locked water squeezed between the Inishowen Peninsula and the main landmass of County Donegal. Lisfannnon Beach lies...

The Dunlewey Centre is an impressive lakeside farm museum and visitor centre at the base of Mount Errigal, County Donegal’s highest Mountain. There’s a lot...