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A Seat with a ViewJust across the road from the Glencolumbkille Folk Village is a little path that wends it's way down to the beach, and this perfect seat for y...
Tory LighthouseNot much grows here, at the low end of Tory Island: a little heather in the lee of a small rock, perhaps, but it's mostly sand and flat. The tour...
Grianan Of AileachNot far off the road between Letterkenny and (London)Derry is this ancient fort, dating back to around 1700BC, commanding an enormous landscap...
Off to workA fisherman heading out in his dory in the late afternoon off the north coast of Donegal.I'm off to work at a new job last week, so I'll be concentra...
Tory IslandThe north coast of Tory Island is where the Atlantic weather is really eating away at the landscape, in the most picturesque way possible - and not o...
The Great HallHere is an interior shot of Donegal Castle (the older part) to keep +Kim Coleman happy - turns out I did have an OK one after all. I generally fi...
No Rowing TodayDriving from our holiday base to Donegal Castle, we came across this somewhat waterlogged rowboat, wonderfully set off by the peaty waters of Lou...
The Old Church at DunleweyThis frustrated me for our whole time in Donegal, because we drove past on the road above so many times, but always towards the end of...
Island ShrineThis bleak shrine on Tory Island is near the torpedo I posted soon after we visited in August. I love the stark contrast against the already stark ...
KnockfolaApparently that's what this bay is called, and facing out into the Atlantic as it does I guess it must be dramatic when the weather gets angry. The da...
Tory TorpedoApart from the torpedo, this is a representative photo of the landscape of Tory Island. Well, OK: apart from the torpedo, and the fact that there a...
Doe CastleOn our way over to the Inishowen Peninsula we took a quick look at Castle Doe. It's operated by the Office of Public Works, and you can freely roam a...
The Beach at BrinlackIt was very stony - not really the place for an easy stroll, but they were beautiful stones. In quite a range of colours and very nicely wo...
Tanks at Fort DunreeUp the hill from the museum at Fort Dunree is a delightful hillside full of abandoned buildings. Rusting corrugated iron and crumbling conc...
Return VisitOn the ferry to Tory Island I went up to the bow of the boat which was quieter and less windy, but quite crowded. This lady was up there too, and w...
The Bloody ForelandWe're home from Donegal today, but I should definitely share a photo of the Bloody Foreland, where we were staying. What a delightful name! ...
Just RestingIf that bench weren't tied down I'm sure it would be off all over Tory Island, with a different vista each day!In fact it wasn't until after I saw t...
GreencastleToday we went around the Inishowen peninsula. Well, in fact as we discovered: the Inishowen peninsula really needs more than a day to take a good lo...
Glebe HouseAn interesting day today, first visiting Glenveagh Castle - seemingly the one place in this part of the world that is in every top ten list of "must ...
Donegal CastleToday we went down the coast, following all around it's nooks and crannies for a while until we got to Dungloe and then we took the main road on t...
Peak & PeatLooking across the bogs of Faugher in Glenveagh National Park to Ballyness Mountain, on our way to Bunbeg, Co. Donegal today.We got away on time at 1...