Glenveagh National Park
Glenveagh National Park is located 24km north-west of Letterkenny and can be reached via the villages of Kilmacrennan or Churchill. The park is the second largest in Ireland and covers some 170 square kilometres of remote countryside above Glenveagh Castle on the shore of Lough Veagh.
November – March The Visitor Centre is open from 9.00am to 5.00pm. The last bus to the castle and garden is at 3.45pm. The last bus return from castle is at 4.45pm.
March 17th to 31st October – The Visitors Centre is open from 9.15am to 5.30pm. The last bus to castle and garden is at 4.45pm. The last bus return from the castle is at 5.45pm.
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Glenveagh National Park, Letterkenny, Donegal area, Donegal , Ireland
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