Bundoran is perhaps the most famous surf destination in Ireland and, as befits this status, it played host to the ‘Quiksilver’ World Master Championship in 2001. Located just a few minutes from the town centre is ‘The Peak’ a classic left –hander that can run avout 100 yards and a beautiful body-boarding wave known as 3D as well as a rough andn’tumble sand bar.

Tullan Strand provides an excellent beach for beginners, and Bundoran has plenty of accommodation, surf hire and surf schools if you ar following thw waves. Donegal Adventure Centre offers board hire, surf lessons or skateboarding if you want to stay dry.

Belleek, gateway to Fermanagh and Donegal, is in a strategic position on the River Erne. In earlier times Neolithic settlers appeared around the village and legend has it that Fionn Mac Cumhaill's men sharpened their swords on the big limestone rock at Belleek Falls.

Nowadays Belleek is a thriving market town with a variety of pubs, shops, restaurants and a hotel. It is also now linked to the River Shannon and is part of the most extensive inland waterway in Western Europe. Major attractions in the area are, guided tours of Belleek Pottery, Explore Erne, an exhibition telling the story of Lough Erne and Castle Caldwell forest Park.

Rossnowlagh - 'The Heavenly Cove' is regarded by many as the most scenic and dramatic beach in the whole of the Northwest. Located on the dramatic Atlantic coast,  the beach has fantastic views of the Donegal Bay coastline including Slieve League the highest sea cliffs in Europe. The magnificent beach provides ideal conditions for safe bathing (with lifeguard patrols), walking, jogging and the invigorating fresh sea air. Close by, the Donegal Historical Society Museum is housed in the Franciscan Friary and is well worth a visit.

Well worth a day trip, you will discover a country gem in Cashelard!  In and around the area is a cyclists dream with quiet back roads and for the more adventurous bog tracks and forest trails will present a challenge. The Donegal section of the Kingfisher Trail, a signposted cycle trail of counties Fermanagh, Cavan and Leitrim, passes through Cashelard en route for Rossnowlagh and Ballyshannon.Anglers come from far and wide to sample the sport on Cashelard's lakes. The options are endless for both game and coarse anglers. The many lakes, rivers, forest trails, bogs and wetland, wildlife and nature, forts, mass rocks and dolmens make it a unique landscape and especially appealing to photographers, birdlovers and those tourists with an interest in history.

This area is steeped in history going back to the times of St. Barron in the 6th Century, after whom the parish is named and the ruins of his church still survive. In the recent past, the discovery of a sand cemetery gave rise to much interest and two archaeological digs have taken place to date.

Kinlough - 'Ceann Locha' names the small town at the head of one of Ireland's best known fishing lakes - Lough Melvin. Kinlough also names the parish - a few square miles in an area of breathtaking scenic beauty in North Leitrim, between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.

Lough Melvin is the most important Salmon and Trout Fishery in the North West of Ireland. It straddles the border with Northern Ireland, but the major portion of the Lough lies in Country Leitrim. The Salmon Season opens on 1st of January on the Drowse River and the 1st May on the River Duff.

The Formation of Ben Bulben

During the Ice Age, when large parts of the Earth were under glaciers, Ben Bulben was formed. Originally, it was merely a large ridge of rock. But then, the moving glaciers cut into the earth, leaving a large ben, now called Ben Bulben.

Climbing Ben Bulben

If climbed by the north face, it is a dangerous climb. That side bears the brunt of the high winds and storms that come in from the Atlantic Ocean. However, if climbed by the south side, it’s a tame hike but offering some of the most spectacular scenery that I’ve seen so far in this country.a magnificent view of Yeat's Country.

Under Ben Bulben

Immortalised in the famous poem Under Ben Bulben, written by celebrated Irish poet W. B. Yeats. It was one of the last poems he wrote in his lifetime, and the last three lines decorate his gravestone in Drumcliffe, Co.Sligo, Ireland. (all only 15-20 drive from Tyrconnell!)

Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!

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Gleniff Horseshoe, where the magnetic force of the earth will pull your car back up the hill (True!!) Map provided.

A stroll around the headland known locally as Roguey visit the Fairy Bridges, the wishing chair and the puffing hole. Map provided.

"There is a waterfall...that all mychildhood counted dear," wrote Yeats 
of  the silver  stream that tumbles into Glencar Lough, County Leitrim, Ireland in his famous Stolen Child poem.

GlencarLake is nestled at the foot of Benbulben off the main road to Manorhamilton. The area has remained untouched in the last forty years. The main feature of the area, besides the lake itself, is the picturesque Glencar Waterfall. Springing out of the very side of Benbulben, the waterfall is neither very tall, nor very  wide, yet it captivates and holds every person that visits.   

A rather modest stream forms an imprissive cascade which can be viewed from a delightful wooded walk where toilets and picnic facilities are provided. There is access to the waterfall for disabled persons.

where you might see the mighty salmon negotiating the torrents of falling water on it’s way up river to spawn. Two fields down from the falls are the holy wells of Shaver’s and St Patrick, where the belief is that if you circle the wells three times and cast a rock on the well and make a wish it will transpire.

Knocknarea Knocknarea, is often translated as 'Mountain of the Moon' (‘Knock’ meaning hill or mountain and Ré ' meaning ‘moon’.)  It is believed that here lies the grave of Queen Maeve.

Maeve was the warrior Queen of Connacht in Celtic mythology. The story of part of her reign is recorded in the ‘Táin Bó Cúailnge’ (The cattle raid of Cooley) a late 11th Century manuscript. Because of the weapons and animals in the story, some commentators regard Queen Maeve as an Iron Age figure.  Maeve is reputedly entombed in the Knocknarea cairn in an erect position, in full battle regalia, facing northward toward her Ulster enemies. Although passage tombs are dated to the Neolithic era, there is evidence of the re-usage of such tombs (including burials) in the Bronze and Iron ages, which may provide some comfort to those who believe Queen Maeve is still inside Miosgán Medbh.