Sliabh Liag (Slieve League)Sea cliffs on the southwest coast that rise to about 600 metres. Park at the visitor centre or the ranger station and walk or take the shuttle bus up to the viewing point; the path runs on along the ridge.
Museum
Glencolmcille Folk Village
Glencolmcille, County Donegal
Thatched cottages rebuilt in a row on a hillside above the beach, each one furnished to a different century. It opens from Easter to the end of October.
The Glencolmcille Folk Village Museum recreates Donegal's historic cottage dwellings, spanning over 300 years, in Glencolmcille, County Donegal.
- Where
- Glencolmcille, County Donegal
- Address
- Dooey, Glencolumbkille
- Official site
- glenfolkvillage.com
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Sliabh Liag (Slieve League)Sea cliffs on the southwest coast that rise to about 600 metres. Park at the visitor centre or the ranger station and walk or take the shuttle bus up to the viewing point; the path runs on along the ridge.
Kilclooney DolmenA portal tomb with a capstone over four metres long, up on a ridge northwest of Ardara.
Mullaghmore HeadA low headland with a small harbour on it, and a big wave break offshore.
ArranmorePeople live on it, off the west coast, and the northern side is high cliff. The ferry runs from Burtonport.
Streedagh BeachA long strand near Grange. Three Armada ships went down off it in 1588.More in Donegal
Glenveagh National Park and CastleNational park · ChurchillA glacial valley with a lake in it, red deer and a Victorian castle. The castle is a shuttle bus or a four kilometre walk.
Mount ErrigalMountain · DunleweyThe quartzite cone above Dunlewey is 751 metres, and a marked path goes up from a car park on the R251.
Malin HeadViewpoint · MalinIreland's most northerly point, with a signal tower, a car park and a cliff path down to Hell's Hole.
Fanad Head LighthouseLighthouse · PortsalonThe lighthouse at the mouth of Lough Swilly is still working, and the old keepers' houses take visitors.
Grianan of AileachFort · BurtThe drystone ringfort sits 250 metres up in Inishowen and looks down on both Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle.
Donegal CastleCastle · Donegal townThe OPW restored this 15th century O'Donnell tower house and its Jacobean wing, in the middle of the town.
Toraigh (Tory Island)Island · MagheroartyPeople live on it, about fourteen kilometres offshore, and the eastern end is cliff. The ferry goes from Magheroarty.
Doe CastleCastle · CreesloughThe tower house stands on a low spit in Sheephaven Bay, water on three sides of it and a rock cut ditch on the fourth.