| Page Views: 2,138 Last Visit to County Donegal: July, 2005 | Donegal - A rugged beauty by Tayto - last update: Nov 23, 2005 |
Donegal is one of the most beuatiful couties in Ireland. It is situated on the North West Coast and has a wild rugged coastline with fantastic sandy beaches (among the best in Europe) and high cliffs. It is one of the least densely populated parts of Irenad and there are many remote roads and pathways where you can take yourself off from the hussle of everyday life. Donegal is a must for people who love the ocean, mountain scenery and generally outdoors life.
It is one of my favourite counties in Ireland and I recommend all VT'ers wh travel to Ireland to include it on their list of must see places and to spend a few days here. |
| One of the high passes in Donegal |
|  | The People Donegal is one of the few remaining areas where the Irish Language is spoken as the first language with English as second. Becasue of its remoteness in previous centuaries the older Gaelic traditions remained in this part of Ireland for much longer than elsewhere. Irish is widely spoken but is concentrated in particular Gaeltacht areas to the North and West of the county. The old traditions of Irish music (ceol), story telling and singing remain in these parts and a good place to experience this is in the pubs of the small towns and villages throughout Donegal. |
Accommodation Good hotel Accommodation in the more remote parts of Donegal can be hard to find. I would recoommend booking a self catering holiday home. These are scatter throughout the county and are generally of a high standard. The cottage in the photo was one we rented near Cinn Casla and overllooking a small beach and out over the Atalntic ocean - see photo 1 above. Bord Failte the Irish tourism board has listings of the holiday homes on its website and these are graded and have details of amenities available. There are other sites which will check out and post the web addresses for them. | | | Holiday cottage in Donegal |
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| Pros: | "Ocean, Cliffs, Mountains, Beaches, Pubs, the people" | | Cons: | "none execpt need to pre-book accom in high season jun-aug" | | In A Nutshell: | "Donegal a wild and rugged beauty" |
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scottishvisitor Tue Apr 4, 2006 12:12 UTC
Lovely reading your Donegal page - I love the west coast of Ireland = Donegal awaits with its scarey road trips - well done indeed | IrishFem Thu Mar 9, 2006 20:05 UTC
Great Photographs and information. One day l'll get there! |
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County Donegal Hotels
- Moville Hotels
- The Redcastle Hotel
Redcastle, , Moville, County Donegal 00000, Moville
- McNamara's Hotel
Main Street, , Moville, County Donegal 00000, Moville
- Dunroman Guesthouse
Carrownaffe, , Moville, County Donegal 00000, Moville
- Gate Lodge
Carrickarory Pier, , Moville, County Donegal 00000, Moville
- Admiralty House
Carrownaffe, , Moville, County Donegal 00000, Moville
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