A guide to Five Finger Strand near Malin: the sea stacks, the dune system, the old chapel at Lagg, parking, and why you should not swim here.
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A guide to driving Mamore Gap in Donegal: the gradient and hairpins, the holy well and grotto, the Poitin Republic of Urris, parking, and whether campervans should attempt it.
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A guide to Fort Dunree military museum near Buncrana: why it was built, the 1938 Treaty Ports handover, the bridge over the chasm, admission, opening hours and how to get there.
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A guide to Grianan of Aileach, the hilltop ring fort above Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle: the real history, how much of it is Victorian, parking, access and the best time to visit.
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Everything you need to visit Malin Head, Ireland’s most northerly point: the signal tower, the EIRE 80 sign, parking, the cliff walk and the best time to go.
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Here’s something most people don’t realise: Halloween didn’t start in America, it started right here, on the island of Ireland. And today, some of the best Halloween events in the world happen right here in Northern Ireland, led by a city that’s been crowned the number one Halloween destination on the planet. I’ll be honest,
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Tucked into the very top of Ireland, the Inishowen Peninsula is the country’s northernmost corner and, for my money, one of its most rewarding. It’s a wild triangle of land between Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, crowned by Malin Head, and it packs an astonishing amount into a single loop: Ireland’s most northerly point, one
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Northern Ireland is small enough to drive across in a couple of hours, and somehow it still manages to pack in a UNESCO World Heritage wonder, a coast road regularly named among the most beautiful drives on earth, a city that built the most famous ship in history, and more Game of Thrones filming locations
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Tucked into Ireland’s wild north-west corner, County Donegal is the country at its most dramatic, towering sea cliffs, empty golden beaches, ancient castles and a coastline that anchors the top of the Wild Atlantic Way. It’s also, gloriously, one of the least crowded parts of Ireland. Whether you’ve got a weekend or a week, here
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The Great Famine is the event that shaped modern Ireland more than any other, and yet most of us learned it as dates and numbers rather than something you can stand inside. On a windswept peninsula in the far north of Donegal, you can do exactly that. Doagh Famine Village turns the story off the
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