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Ardara..Woolen Mills and Shops. Pretty Village.

A trip to Ardara for the day is a nice outing especially if it is rainning and damp and cold.

A pretty small village (some have voted it to be the prettiest in Co. Donegal ) that is the Woolen center of Co. Donegal, many mills and shops to look and buy the famous Donegal Tweed Plaids. I got carried away here and bought a sweater, scarf and woolen rug all in one day.

One Woolen shop gives you a fashion show. There is also a weaving museum here with lots of examples of antique looms, etc.

Address: Ardara, Co. Donegal.

Kilclooney Dolmens

I love stones........any kind of stone....anywhere, and I especially love stone walls and stone houses.....but to see a Dolmen is the ultimate experience for a rock nut. Ancient and so old one cannot even understand the vastness of it all. To comprehend and be aware of it's age is almost inconceivable. The Kilclooney Dolmens were close to each other and sit casually in a farmer's field.

As you drive along N56 past Ardara and you happen to look to your right there on the horizon is a big lazy Dolmen. Once you figure out how to park and find an entrance, which ended up behind a farmer's house, and whose black and white dog accompanied us for our walk out to the field, you can finally reach the Dolmens by foot.

Take the time to stop, it is a nice break and the experience will never leave you.

Address: Behind the farmer's house.

Directions: N56 between Ardara and Kilclooney.

Website: http://www.stonepages.com/ireland/kilclooney.html