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The Reel Inn
Bridge Street, Donegal Town Co. Donegal. Tel: 086 251 2004
• Family owned and run business
• World famous traditional Irish pub
• Traditional Irish music sessions
• In-house musicians 7 nights a week
• Irish dancers 5 nights a week in the months of June July and August.
Killybegs- Na Cealla Beaga lived in the valley here for a time and the ruins of several
of their churches can still be seen.
The town of Killybegs is situated at the head
of a scenic harbour and at the base of a vast Ardara- Ard na Rátha
mountainous range extending northward. Here, in
the summer, you might join the annual street festival “Height of the Fort”
celebrating the fish catches and incorporating the
traditional “Blessing of the Boats”. This is a small market town.Some of the main scenic
points near the town are the Glengesh Pass, the
Sliabh Liag- Slieve League Maghera Falls and the views out over the Atlantic
from Loughros Point. The town hosts the annual Cup
Sliabh Liag (Slieve Leage) is the viewpoint for the of Tae Festival, a traditional music festival, each May.
highest highest accessible seacliffs in Europe reaching The International Walking festival in March has been
a height of 1,972 feet/601 meters. Here you are almost attracting walkers from all over the world for the past 10
twice as high as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and nearly three years.
times as high as the more famous Cliffs of Moher in
County Clare. Dungloe- An Clochán Liath
Glencolmcille- Gleann Colm Cille Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the
“valley of Colm Cille” 18th Century, and now serves as the administrative
and retail centre for the west of Donegal. This is the
The name translates into English as “valley of Colm largest town in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
Cille”. Saint Colm Cille, or Columba meaning “dove”,
is one of Ireland’s three patron saints (along with Saint Burtonport- Áilt an Chorráin
Patrick and Saint Brigid). Colm Cille and his followers
Located in an area of Donegal known as ‘The Rosses”.
This area is defined by physical boundaries in the
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Bridge Street, Donegal Town Co. Donegal. Tel: 086 251 2004
• Family owned and run business
• World famous traditional Irish pub
• Traditional Irish music sessions
• In-house musicians 7 nights a week
• Irish dancers 5 nights a week in the months of June July and August.
Killybegs- Na Cealla Beaga lived in the valley here for a time and the ruins of several
of their churches can still be seen.
The town of Killybegs is situated at the head
of a scenic harbour and at the base of a vast Ardara- Ard na Rátha
mountainous range extending northward. Here, in
the summer, you might join the annual street festival “Height of the Fort”
celebrating the fish catches and incorporating the
traditional “Blessing of the Boats”. This is a small market town.Some of the main scenic
points near the town are the Glengesh Pass, the
Sliabh Liag- Slieve League Maghera Falls and the views out over the Atlantic
from Loughros Point. The town hosts the annual Cup
Sliabh Liag (Slieve Leage) is the viewpoint for the of Tae Festival, a traditional music festival, each May.
highest highest accessible seacliffs in Europe reaching The International Walking festival in March has been
a height of 1,972 feet/601 meters. Here you are almost attracting walkers from all over the world for the past 10
twice as high as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and nearly three years.
times as high as the more famous Cliffs of Moher in
County Clare. Dungloe- An Clochán Liath
Glencolmcille- Gleann Colm Cille Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the
“valley of Colm Cille” 18th Century, and now serves as the administrative
and retail centre for the west of Donegal. This is the
The name translates into English as “valley of Colm largest town in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
Cille”. Saint Colm Cille, or Columba meaning “dove”,
is one of Ireland’s three patron saints (along with Saint Burtonport- Áilt an Chorráin
Patrick and Saint Brigid). Colm Cille and his followers
Located in an area of Donegal known as ‘The Rosses”.
This area is defined by physical boundaries in the
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