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...

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...

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...

Salthill is a contemporary garden that has evolved from a conventional one. Traditional gravel paths, lawns and beds are being replanted and re-landscaped in a...

Murvagh Beach is a long shallow beach ideal for children. A kilometre of sand banks slows the incoming tide so that the water is barely...

Rossnowlagh’s broad fine-sand beach draws thousands of visitors every year. They come to sunbathe, swim and surf - this is Ireland’s best surf beach. In...

Donegal Carpets has been producing hand-knotted carpets for over a century. This is its factory. Visitors can find out how the world-famous carpets are made...

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...

Bundoran is North West Ireland’s most popular family resort, and Bundoran Adventure Park is one of its chief attractions. Stretching along the golden sand beach,...

Slieve League cliffs are the highest sea cliffs in Europe, sheering out of the Atlantic to a height of 600m. The Slieve League Cultural Centre...

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...

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...

The landscape of County Donegal is legendary, and it’s celebrated in the Dolmen Centre. A Field Study Room traces the geological processes that created it,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...