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Glebe House, the home for nearly thirty years of the renowned artist Derek Hill. Originally known as St Columb’s, the 1828 Regency-style house is decorated with William Morris textiles, and collections of Islamic and Japanese art. Read more…
Abbey Assaroe was founded in 1178 and completed in 1184 by the Cistercians monks. It fell into decline in the 17th century and now all that remains of the abbey is the west end of the church, part of the west gable and a section of the south wall. Read more…
Beltany is a neolithic stone circle situated at the summit of Tops Hill, dating from around 1400-800 BC and comprises 64 stones around a low earth platform or tumulus. Read more…
Carraickabraghy Castle is a 16th Century castle that stands on a rocky outcrop at the north-western edge of the Isle of Doagh on the Inishowen peninsula. The castle overlooks Pollan Bay. Read more…
The Flight of the Earls Heritage Centre has exhibitions, displays including wax figures dressed in period costumes, period weapons, models, maps and literature and much more. In the aftermath of the English defeat of the Gaelic Irish at Kinsale, in 1607 the Earl of Tyrconnell, and the Earl of Tyrone left Rathmullan, with ninety of their followers including the leading Gaelic Read more…
The Grianan of Aileach is a hill fort on Greenan Mountain at Inishowen in County Donegal. The main structure is a stone fort, thought to have been built in the 6th or 7th century although there is evidence that the site had been in use before the fort was built. The wall is about 4.5 metres (15 ft) thick and Read more…
Fort Dunree is a coastal defence located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula. Originally built as a Royal Navy position during the Napoleonic Wars, the fort is located on a rocky promontory accessed over a natural fissure. It was remodelled in 1895 and the top of a hill overlooking the site was walled in to form a redoubt. Read more…
Inishkeel is a small island around 250 m from the coast of County Donegal in Gweebarra Bay. At low tide a sandy tidal bank connects the island with the mainland. During the 6th century A.D. a small community of monks settled on the island and today remains of the church and the connected buildings as well as some carved stones Read more…