Donegal Castle

... wheel. Mary said in Donegal, they all drive with one hand up because they wave to everyone! Besides being friendly, people in Donegal are extremely helpful, and we’ve loved the time we’ve spent here. Outside the town of Dunfanaghy, we ...

... . We got info on some b&b’s, and received books and pamphlets on other towns. We walked up the hill to Donegal Castle and toured it. It was beautifully preserved, and the self-guided tour was quite informative. We walked up the trap stairway, ...

... patch (it's supposed to last 3 days, and he wanted to see if it would last a 4th).  We took a 20min tour of the castle.  Miraculously, I felt okay for about 20min, long enough to climb up to a view point on a cliff above the castle.  It ...

... , our guides pointed out some of the main sights of interest and told us a bit about the town. We were supposed to tour Donegal Castle and do a walking tour of the city but the castle was having some construction done so our tour was changed around a ...

After our luxurious few nights at the Temple House, we cruised north to county Donegal. We explored the town of Donegal and its castle and then made our way to the Dooey Hostel which is built into a rocky hill side. Half of the one side of ...

... , especially from a place that bears the name of so many of my favorite cooks! Along the way to Donegal, we stopped at Kylemore Abbey, an absolutely stunning castle built between 1860 and 1871. At its peak, it had 70 rooms and a staff of 130. The wife ...

We spent the past three days in Northern Ireland. Chris and I bicycled through the north in 1994, a time when there was short-term peace but the military presence was everywhere, partisan leanings were clear, and the people generally seemed tense.  ...

... our way a bit inland to a dolmen we had been told about. A Dolmen is an ancient (altar type) of standing stone, dotted throughout Ireland. A Dolmen is two standing stones, with a cap stone placed on the top of it. We have been unable to see the more ...

... The Order rescues abandoned children and is strictly a mendicant order so rely on what they can earn. Should you ever in Co. Donegal come across a blue-habited Nun selling out of the back of a little dark green hatchback, please stop and make a ...

... to do. I'm always a little car sick from the curves and bumps - or maybe it's the anxiety of navigating! This area of Donegal is called the Rosses (because of the hundreds of small lakes). So we decide to explore by doing a northern loop. The weather ...